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Actual cost of buying and installing a backup generator

anyone done it? what was the real life cost? i'm wondering about the kind that automatically kicks in.

by Anonymousreply 8June 6, 2020 5:36 AM

Cheeto, are you posting from the bunker?

by Anonymousreply 1June 5, 2020 10:31 PM

no; here instead.

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by Anonymousreply 2June 5, 2020 10:34 PM

I want to know also

by Anonymousreply 3June 5, 2020 10:36 PM

I think it's like $10K

by Anonymousreply 4June 5, 2020 10:38 PM

Cost me 22k about 10 years ago.

by Anonymousreply 5June 5, 2020 11:43 PM

After hurricane Sandy, friends in NJ paid $10,000 for one that powers a house that's maybe about 3,000 sq ft.

by Anonymousreply 6June 6, 2020 12:14 AM

Crap. I’ll just sleep in pools of humid sweat.

by Anonymousreply 7June 6, 2020 1:48 AM

OP, those price quotes are for ones that power a whole house. You can get much cheaper ones if you just want to run a few things.

by Anonymousreply 8June 6, 2020 5:36 AM
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