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Originally Posted by sue-fl
Cleo what size generator do you use to run your ac?
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Mine is only 5500 watts but that is enough to run a one room portable A/C plus the microwave, some ceiling fans, most of the lights in my house, one element of my stove, computers and modems, phones, garage door, TVs, satellite dish, and a few other small things. If I want to heat hot water I have to turn off the A/C but water stays hot for a few days or until you use it. The advantage of running a smaller generator is it uses less fuel. Mine uses 10 gallons of gasoline each 24 hours so my 182.5 gallons of gas that I have stored will keep me powered for 18 days.
My rich neighbor put in a huge 24 Kwh generator that will run some of his central A/Cs plus just about everything in his house but his 250 gallon propane underground tank will only run it for 2.5 days and then he has to pray that he can get another propane delivery.
After the last two hurricanes there was no problems in buying generators and one room A/C units at the local Home Depot so if we got hit bad again this year during a hot time of year I might pickup another one room A/C and a small generator to run it just to cool an extra room of my house as long as fuel didn't become a problem so that I didn't have to live in my bedroom again.
I do have both a cable modem and a ADSL line for internet so hopefully at least one will stay working again after a storm.