re: Home Generator Cost Question

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The smart play is to go with a much smaller generator and shut off part of the house and cool the rest with window or portable AC units. Because on top of all that cost, if you’re running that much generator power including 3 central air units for longer than a day it could add up
real quick.

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I did the small generator window unit thing for the last 17 years, including one episode with no power for 14 days. Too much hassle ,getting gas, you can spend a hour hooking it all up, and the power comes back on in 5 minutes,

Got a 20KW Cummings air cooled from Gage total cost with tax $9,600.00. Last time I checked the operating cost was about $40 bucks a day in the summer with the AC running, With the current price of natural gas it is probably about $70 per day, but still worth it.