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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR
This is the way I've done it for 15 years. I have a 5000 watt and power the whole panel. I never shut any breakers off, I just don't use high consumption items like the oven/stove. I don't have an electric h2o heater so that helps but my shallow well pump, fridge, furnace and of course tv plus many lights works just fine. One outage I actually used my "set it and forget it" rotisserie to cook prime rib!
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My setup is the same, generator a bit bigger, 7500. Heat, hot water, stove and dryer are all gas so no really major power consumers. Worked great during the freak storm last November. We were out for a whole week and carried on almost like normal, except for the daily runs to the gas station for gas. My wife was even able to do laundry. We would shut the generator down at night out of respect for the neighbors.
My generator is not a Honda, but it does have a 319cc Honda motor. I wish I could find a replacement muffler that is quieter than the one it came with.