I feel your pain and hate my generator - which I haven't ever had to use. I bought it a week after Dorion. If I had to use it the problems would be as follows: 1) the handles you use to move it about on it wheels are too weak for the weight of the generator. They now look like bananas. 2)It is stored necessarily too far from the house and handles or not I can't move it which means I have to call for help - which I hate. 3) It makes a terrific racket 4) By the time you get it hooked up (which involves shutting down all panel switches then turning them back on one by one 5) I can't remember what to shut off first ... So, I get jugs of water, don't open the refrigerator door, charge your phone in the car, put on a roaring wood fire.
Dude. Seriously. I live in rural Maine. The power goes out all the time. Get yourself a dozen gallon jugs (a friend gave us a ton of old Gallo wine jugs) and keep them filled with water. One in the bathroom, one in the kitchen, a bunch in the pantry or cellar or wherever you store things. Get a manual coffee grinder, it makes better coffee anyway. https://www.amazon.com/Manual-Coffee-Grinder-Ceramic-Tablespoon/dp/B07F2CFSHR/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=Manual+Coffee+Grinder&qid=1682461779&sr=8-5. Have oil lamps and candles around. And print out critical things when you have power, so you can continue to work when your computer is down.
I feel your pain and hate my generator - which I haven't ever had to use. I bought it a week after Dorion. If I had to use it the problems would be as follows: 1) the handles you use to move it about on it wheels are too weak for the weight of the generator. They now look like bananas. 2)It is stored necessarily too far from the house and handles or not I can't move it which means I have to call for help - which I hate. 3) It makes a terrific racket 4) By the time you get it hooked up (which involves shutting down all panel switches then turning them back on one by one 5) I can't remember what to shut off first ... So, I get jugs of water, don't open the refrigerator door, charge your phone in the car, put on a roaring wood fire.
Dude. Seriously. I live in rural Maine. The power goes out all the time. Get yourself a dozen gallon jugs (a friend gave us a ton of old Gallo wine jugs) and keep them filled with water. One in the bathroom, one in the kitchen, a bunch in the pantry or cellar or wherever you store things. Get a manual coffee grinder, it makes better coffee anyway. https://www.amazon.com/Manual-Coffee-Grinder-Ceramic-Tablespoon/dp/B07F2CFSHR/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=Manual+Coffee+Grinder&qid=1682461779&sr=8-5. Have oil lamps and candles around. And print out critical things when you have power, so you can continue to work when your computer is down.