[HoosierDaddy]

Thanks for the response , guys. We have 4 refrigerators and 3 freezers plus our water pressure depends on the well pump. I suppose the right thing to do is a complete stand-by system like Jimmy is looking at. It just seems like a waste to have (2) 20k generators setting here not running most of the time. It would probably cost as much to wire in the Newell as a stand-alone system would cost. Our power outages have most often been the result of somebody sliding off the road into a power pole. Of course this happens in the winter when the Newell is snowed in out in the bus barn. However as coal fired powerplants face more regulations and unpredictable wind power is employed it may make sense to have a more robust off-grid system. I wish I could afford a 20kw LPG generator and 5000gal lp storage so I could buy LP by the semi-load.