Not a
planned maintenance run, but we had a pretty massive storm last week:
Power was out from about 02:30 in the morning due to numerous tree branches getting tangled up in the lines. My friend down in town said it was like a lightning storm with all the line clashing going on before things went completely dead.
Equipment:
Powered our house essentials such as internet, computers, lights, and freezers off of our battery backed solar system. No issues to report, batteries were still showing 90+% full when the power came back on at 20:00 that evening. Moved the house back to the gravity water supply in the afternoon as it was getting a bit boring without running water.
"2hp" 2 stroke shoe box sized generator started first pull of the cord after a quick prime of the air intake with some 2 smoke mix. It powered the neighbours hydroponic pumps and tunnel house skin blower from early in the morning until power was restored. Carb drained for next time.
"1600W" off brand inverter generator which belongs to my employer and was at home for a (yet to be done) maintenance run. This one put up a little bit of a fight, taking half a dozen pulls of the cord to get it to go. It went over to the neighbours later in the afternoon as their fridges were starting to warm up a little. The neighbours wanted to watch tv too
All in all pretty successful usage and testing of all the systems. A bigger inverter and new transfer switch which covers the whole house and workshop are a lot higher on the priority list now.