I’ve got a generator coming supposedly but it’s just for emergency use really
“I’ve got a generator coming supposedly but it’s just for emergency use really”
Depends on generator. Generally a water-cooled engine is the best for long-term (meaning near-continuous) use, while the cheaper, air cooled, ones are called stand-by for a reason (meaning that your hours are limited before they start to fail).
So you might be limited to actual emergency use, rather than being able to provide continuous power, should the blackouts end up being like the ones now in South Africa (as in near-daily).
I’ve had generators for 40 years, now have permanently installed one for whole house with ATS - Automatic Transfer Switch, and 500 gallon underground propane tank.
Not worth much.
Propane is $4.00/gallon or more and in crisis will not be available. Fuel costs for any generator makes them impractical to use for any length of time.
We bought a dual fuel generator months ago that will run our entire 38 ft RV including heat and AC.