Ashley P

...I remember gasoline was red and came from a "regular" pump for about 85 cents.

If he'd ever apply laminar flow to cylinder head flow, I'd blow his mind.

.....when I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd in concert they were almost all original members.

^ Trying to keep ya alive. Transformers "work both ways", don't they?

Mine is near a subpanel in a detached garage. It's meant to be plugged into a nearby welder outlet, and backfeed the house. GOTTA remember to trip the MAIN BREAKER so we don't energize the neighborhood and kill linemen.

^ ......in kindergarten we had a prayer before snack time.

I'm so old that my Craftsman tools are quality and made in the USofA. ...that I remember skid marks all over the local roads, way before ABS.

I watched this documentary a few years ago. It was made by British fellas, I think. And they happened to be there during the last serious flood. It's pretty interesting to me. I take Cairo as a city ruined not just by racism, but by all sorts of sins.

WiFi, interweb, whatever. Same diff. Best wishes for avoiding SHTF. I know your gen set will be more reliable *at a moment's notice* than mine. Mine has to be dug out and it'll need the carb cleaned out. NG won't have those issues.

And change at least one thing, before hacking: Mobile Link remote monitoring lets you get and share information aboutyour home standby generator no matter where you are, using yourcomputer, smart phone, or mobile device. View your generator’s statusand maintenance needs. Set its exercise schedule. Review its running andmaintenance history. And get notified of status changes. It'll be a good for everything up 'till SHTF.

IMHO, "WiFi equipped" will likely be the CAUSE of SHTF.

^ 100% correct. lol

Kevin, how about one last dragstrip hurrah?

If my house were NG water heat and stove, our current 7500 watt generator would be fine for all other stuff.

It's only a flesh wound!

I just got a bill. My max was 90 kW. Some math: Amps(Volts) = Watts. My main breaker is a 200A(230V) = 46,000 Watts when the breaker trips. Since that's WAY less than my peak, the numbers prove that: A) "peak" is not instantaneous load, B) my breaker box can't handle any more than about 46kW of generator, C) a family of 8 with "all electric" appliances doesn't need anywhere near 50kW of generator to run comfortable house.

I've got an 85ish yo cousin (who is a character) and she told a funny story. In her super small community in the 1940s her neighbor was the phone operator. When she'd go over there to visit, especially about supper prep time, the woman would let her sit at the switchboard. She said that two of her classmates were super shy, a boy and a girl, so she'd plug their lines together and ring both phones. So helpful!

Amp rating of your main circuit breaker?

Last month I used 10 kWh. At .115 cents per kWh, I was billed $1.25 for electricity. I get a monthly $20.35 "facility fee" and 3% school tax, so the total bill is about $25. Ready for SHTF lessons? (That's for my "under construction" house. Two LEDs on continuously, running the well a few times, charging a few drill batteries.) Where we live, a January bill I have handy...(family of 8, super insulated 2400 ft, geothermal HVAC, well pump, electric water heater/stove/clothes dryer) 1,700 kWh. And go to your main electrical panel, open the cover, tell me what amp is printed on the main (big, top) breaker. That will tell your max capacity, or is that ampacity?

I can compare your main breaker and input voltage to my main breaker and input voltage. I'm 200a breaker at 256 volts. Watts equals Volts times Amps. In theory my breaker would trip if I put a load of more than 51,200 Watts. I'm not scared to run my HVAC, a well pump, anything else in the house, and throw in a welder. What is your main breaker?

Sorry, I can't edit above. it wasn't your words. Strike that line and put "your bill was 76 kW per DAY and a generator might be 20kW per HOUR."

I've helped. You missed it. Back to your words.... peak 76 kw per DAY.....80-90 kw per HOUR. You've swapped units and it's messing you up. Want proof your house does NOT need a generator as big as you think? Simply go to your main breaker. What is your main breaker amperage? A 200a main breaker at 220 volts is "only" 44,000 Watts. 44kw. Total. For the entire house. Any more and POP goes the breaker. You'll probably never use every electric device at one time to load it 100%. A Watt is a unit of power, just like HP. Volts times Amps = Watts. Some of your stuff is 220v, some is 110v.

And what is your main breaker in your electric box? 200a? What do all the small breakers total up to?

How'd you get 80 kwh? That would put out in one hour what you used peak per day, right?