We had a power outage for 3 full days recently. I thought I was protected with an 8kw Dyna (Winco) genset. I was, sorta. However, if you happen to have a number of motors starting up simultaneously, the instantaneous current draw can do some bad things. I lost my expensive dehumidifier and my oil burner and refrigerator sounded a bit weird at times. Most likely due to low voltage at that time. I felt 8kw was ample, but keeping that genset would necessitate my taking some things like our freezer, dehumdifier, and a couple other things off to make sure I don't have a brown voltage situation again. It is also why I'm considering a 14kw unit now. It's a commercial diesel, very well built, and if I project another 10 years ahead with it, it will still have low hours and be worth nearly what it's worth now. It does not seem like a bad investment for me now, all things considered. Still, 3600 bucks ain't cheap, but as I said, it's not gonna lose much value and no function with whatever in the next decade.
