We lost municipally supplied power for about 1.5 days. Things that stood out:
1) The generator kept up with the needs of the fridge and freezer but was very loud... have to look at this for the future.
2) We have a private well and I hadn't got around to hooking the generator up to it yet. As we had plenty of DW on hand, it wasn't an issue until toilets needed flushing. Here we learned two things... the old bathroom takes 4+ gallons to flush effectively (stored water in the rain barrels solved this issue) and the new bathroom pumps up to the sewer line so its essentially offline. Bathroom remodeling now includes a new toilet....
1) The generator kept up with the needs of the fridge and freezer but was very loud... have to look at this for the future.
2) We have a private well and I hadn't got around to hooking the generator up to it yet. As we had plenty of DW on hand, it wasn't an issue until toilets needed flushing. Here we learned two things... the old bathroom takes 4+ gallons to flush effectively (stored water in the rain barrels solved this issue) and the new bathroom pumps up to the sewer line so its essentially offline. Bathroom remodeling now includes a new toilet....