re: Stand-by Generator for home. Worth it?

Yes worth it when you are out of power 2-3 weeks. If you are ima neighborhood and plan to use natural gas, talk to your neighbors who also have one and see if they have had problems with low gas pressure. Most neighborhoods don’t run large enough gas lines for the whole neighborhood to lose power and run all the generators at once. I’d also recommend that if you go with natural gas, get one that runs at 1800 rpm, much quieter and much less wear and tear on the motor. I’m a lil different, I went with diesel, a Katolite 30kw with a John Deere motor and 175 gallons of fuel,,when I bought mine I lived in the country with no natural gas. I can run it about 6 days on a full load and I’m only at 60% capacity. I worked out a deal with a fuel company and they can bring me red diesel with 48 notice and they’ll come by every few days.

And lastly, try to avoid generac, I used to work in hurricane disaster areas and I’ve seen many people who had them and had failures.