You bet. We were out of power for a.week. Get a 5k generator. You can plug it into an outlet and it.will energize a house. Ice is tbe worst of all
You mean a regular wall electrical outlet or a special line connected to your circuit breaker box?
You can plug it into an outlet and it.will energize a house. Ice is tbe worst of all
That is a bad idea and because of split power in house ie: 220v input is slit into 2- 120v set of breakers - so will power only half of your circuits. ..and worst of all you must have a disconnect switch between your Breaker Box and the incoming Power line. The Main Circuit Breaker WILL not provide this function. This to prevent back feeding from your Generator to the Power Lines and endanger Power Line workers.
That should be a 10k generator and a transfer switch.
I have run my house off of a 10K generator many times. I just open the main breaker and back feed thru the dryer 220v outlet. The only appliance you can’t use is the dryer but who dries clothes in an emergency. Don’t’ listen to idiots telling you opening the main breaker is not safe. You will not be energizing lines outside your house. That is crazy talk. I have done the half dozen times. The only down side is when power does come back on line you will not know it. You have to rely on neighbors to let you know or look at street lights.