Posted by Jimmydog on July 23, 2023 at 06:39:58 from (199.255.100.15):
In Reply to: June 29, 95 mph winds posted by Geo-TH,In on July 23, 2023 at 03:42:39:
I have an 8K Gernerac that runs when there isn't enough sunshine. It doesn't run fully loaded just powers the house and chargers. Uses about 1/2-3/4 gallon per hour. It feeds my 1100 amp hour battery bank at 110 amps. I usually just run it an hour or hour and a half, and that will usually last until the next day. Shows how little electricity we really use. If it isn't sunny the next day, run it again. If I remember correctly, the solar panels peak output at 96 amps so two sunny days and the battery bank is back to being topped off.
Even a small battery bank, say 4 or 6, 6-volt deep cycle batteries and a modest sized invertor will provide a fair amount of buffering to keep from having to run your generator nonstop. You'll still have to run a generator for the big draw appliances, but for lights, television, computer, etc. you can run on the batteries. Another thing with a small battery bank, is you could leave it charging from the utility grid, and then when the power goes out it will run a few hours before requiring charging and in a brief outage you may not even have to start your generator. Also, your batteries degrade from charge discharge cycles, if they just sit there only getting used once or twice a year (unlike mine) then they'll likely last ten years maybe more. Mine undergo quite a bit of cycling and I get between 8-10 years out of them.
I no longer loan out my back-up generators because they come back broken.
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