Do you travel out of town with any frequency? We seem to be doing that a lot more the last couple of years, and the trend is growing. Last year we invested in a whole house automatic generator using natural gas. We tend to have a decent amount of power outages here, and I got tired of using the portable generator, lugging it out, starting it, attaching the different items, and then reversing when the power came back on. Not to mention, a portable generator requires someone present during the power outage. We got our generator through Costco, and the total cost was $13,700 all in. Costco was great. Had a local company come and do the install. It is definitely peace of mind for when we are away.
I’m with you on that setup. I’m a cheapskate but a whole house generator running on propane is the best money I have ever spent. When the big lightning comes in our area at 3AM and the power cuts out I just smile and wiggle my little warm toes as the GENERAC kicks in.
Couple that with my local propane dealer’s monitoring of my propane level and autofilling it, I’m golden.
Enough to where I don’t want to have to worry about lugging around a generator, plugging into my car etc. Just being gone for a couple hours is a risk. How long ago did you do the Cosco generator, what brand & kW, if that’s ok to share. Thank you.