A lot of the neighbors already have generators, some small, some larger.
The main driving reason is to keep one A/C unit going. Down here, in the summer, it can get unbearable after just a couple hours of A/C. The humidity would damage our large collection of valuable lithographs, and after a while the wooden cabinets and other stuff would probably suffer as well.
The calculus seems to boil down to either spending a bunch to put in wiring, propane tank, machine, etc. to power the minimum... or, since I'm going that far, why not spend a bit more and go all the way and power 80% of the house and be very conformable in the end.
I don't want to spend a lot, but I must at least get the A/C going... and keep it going, or the potential loss is very large... not to mention it would be extremely miserable here for an extended outage in the summer.
I don’t want to spend a lot, but I must at least get the A/C going... and keep it going, or the potential loss is very large...
Are you insured? Here in coastal Virginia it’s gotten nearly impossible to obtain insurance.
I understand completely. As I said, I live in between Orlando and Cocoa. You might consider roll around AC units. I have one for my 4 seasons porch I closed in. I can keep about 300-400 sqft cool(er) and dehumidified. We have a vault closet that we store valuables in as part of the master....for me it is very nice guitars that are susceptible to high humidity. In Hugo we were without running water for 19 days and power for 37. It was an August storm so we got the heat for weeks. Not SoFl heat, but brutal.