We lost power here in NE Oakland County on Sunday morning. I got the Honda fired up and it ran constantly until power was restored Monday afternoon. Stepson down the road has a propane-powered Generac standby generator, which crapped out Monday morning. Tuesday I drug our Honda over to his house and we wired it up in place of the dead Generac, and it's still running two days later. Unfortunately, because it's going through the goofy Generac transfer switch, only about half the house has power. Also, his electric hot water heater is on interruptible service, so it has service completely separate from the house meter, meaning no hot water.
Conclusions:
1. Given a choice between a permanent Generac installation and a portable Honda, go with the Honda. The Honda will of course cost just as much as the Generac and be much less convenient, but the Honda will WORK when you need it. And you can use it to help out your neighbors when their Generacs bite the dust.
2. Follow B&D's repetitious advice to use a transfer switch that switches the whole house service, not one that switches just a few circuits.
3. If you're on propane, replace your electric water heater with an LP gas unit.
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