re: Recommendations for whole home generator?

[link=(Don’t see how y’all justify paying that kind of money for a generator. Mine was like 650$ . It’s been sitting in my shed since the 2016 flood.
How much do you lose power? Yes, it’s inconvenient every 5 or 6 years. That’s half the fun.)]LINK[/link]

You can get a portable unit, that will run just about most of the items in your house. A number of things come into play. Soft Starts on the A/C, selecting items to run, when to run certain appliances. But all within reason. I’ve bought a tri-fuel unit, gas, propane and NG, luckily I haven’t had to use it.