[tbittner]

Since we are supposed to get an ice storm tonight, I went ahead and bit the bullet, ran to Lowes and bought a 6200 watt generator. I just finished getting everything wired up and ready to go. 60 amp breakers for the breaker panels, 10 gauge wire to the plug to plug into the 240v receptacle on the generator. Everything is ready to plug into the breaker panel. It's not automatic but I figure it doesn't need to be. Any time a storm is brewing, I'm home so I can maintain everything. It's also not big enough to run the whole house so I'll end up doing to "throw that breaker off, turn this one on" dance until electric comes back on.

We really don't loose electric that often, in fact it's been about 3 years since it's been out for more then a few minutes, but I'd rather be prepared...