Very cool!
Ours switches over, automatically.
After having no power, for weeks, after Hurricane Ike, we installed a whole house generator.
After Harvey....it ran for two weeks solid, without a hitch.
Our closest neighbors (who don’t have a generator) would come over and charge all of their electronics/power reserves to get them a fan and phones, etc, for the day.
I have no idea if they ever got a generator.
This is hurricane country and power goes out for weeks, sometimes. We also have a/c units that are nice to keep fired up, since we live in the swamp :-)
I think at least half of the people out in our rural area now have WH generators.
I like your rig. Works perfect, for your needs, it sounds like.
“Ours switches over, automatically.”
yeah, i considered that, but it requires a permanent outdoor installation and would require a permanent outdoor installation on my lot, AND i was always concerned that the whole thing would be buried in three feet of snow in a raging blizzard and frozen ice cold when i needed it the most ... so, i basically have the exact opposite situation as you regarding climate conditions, hence the different solution ... however, as i get even older, i might wish i had an automatic setup ...