daugen
Epic Contributor
since it was 111 degrees when i took my motorhome through Desert Center CA last Fall, I can't imagine you being out of power and a/cNothing guaranteed no more outages than spending $$$ on a new generator!
in that heat. Truly life threatening heat for old folks. Glad you upgraded.
i can tell you after having two automatic generacs, and now a manual Westinghouse (different houses) that
automatic generators are the best thing since sliced bread.
There's nothing quite like going out side at 3am in pitch black howling wind and rain or snow to start a generator versus just counting
to about 10 and ta da the lights come back on.
I live on 30 amps in my rv. I live on 45amps in my house on gen. 900 sf cottage, if I turn off electric hot water,
runs everything fine. Though when sump pump, well pump and a/c all kick on,
gen sounds unhappy briefly and then powers on.
just have to get those breakers flipped off and manage your load
I put a good softstart kit on my rv a/c and that helped a lot. I wonder why they aren't standard.
funny that when I lived aboard my boat in Florida for three years, I had 50 amps usable.
but four a/c units in boat really hogged that up.
Plus I had a 100 amp wife.
so plenty of practice knowing you just can't run it all at once...
well, only exception was my older brother who installed a 70kw generac on his farm in VA.
I asked him why. He said he didn't want to worry about turning things off. Plus he had a 1000 gallon propane tank.
that will surely do it.
he felt reassured and safe and that's the whole goal for all of us.
and what a marvelous assortment of generators we all have to do that.
personally I think you need at least two...
I was always lending out my portable one.
I like a little "belt and suspenders" with my "insurance".
am pretty sure none of us think public power is going to get more reliable in the future.