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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 3200096" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>I did a lot of research on this some years back. I found then some great info on a Florida electric utilities' websight. After hurricane Andrew went through there a lot of people thought they were covered in spades with a 500 gallon propane tank feeding their whole house generator. They were running out in a couple of weeks. Remember that that storm did almost what was done to Puerto Rico. Wiped out the grid or at least great big parts of it. This website had a very in depth FAQ page, I'd look that direction. But note that now it won't be quite as bad on needed capacity or fuel consumption. LED bulbs and central air are much better on current draw now than then. Electric heat is still something to watch.</p><p></p><p>My mom went with a whole house Generac and 14kw is all she needs. I was there when they tested it and it was running the 3.25 ton AC, one burner on the stove, the oven, fridge, freezer and lights all at the same time. But it was all setup across three circuits that started 2 minutes apart IIRC across her smart switch. With 17.5kw you can do a bunch these days, but make no mistake, generators are thirsty SOBs so don't underestimate fuel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 3200096, member: 3099"] I did a lot of research on this some years back. I found then some great info on a Florida electric utilities' websight. After hurricane Andrew went through there a lot of people thought they were covered in spades with a 500 gallon propane tank feeding their whole house generator. They were running out in a couple of weeks. Remember that that storm did almost what was done to Puerto Rico. Wiped out the grid or at least great big parts of it. This website had a very in depth FAQ page, I'd look that direction. But note that now it won't be quite as bad on needed capacity or fuel consumption. LED bulbs and central air are much better on current draw now than then. Electric heat is still something to watch. My mom went with a whole house Generac and 14kw is all she needs. I was there when they tested it and it was running the 3.25 ton AC, one burner on the stove, the oven, fridge, freezer and lights all at the same time. But it was all setup across three circuits that started 2 minutes apart IIRC across her smart switch. With 17.5kw you can do a bunch these days, but make no mistake, generators are thirsty SOBs so don't underestimate fuel. [/QUOTE]
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