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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Why O why bother with a generator?

While it makes very good sense for a municipal water system to have a back up generator so that people will still have a supply of cold running water during a power outage, is it all that necessary for an individual home to have a back up generator?

For me, going back to 1992, living way down the end of Meredith Neck, hooked up to NH Electric Coop, the longest time to be without power was something like 12-hours, and that only happened once or twice in 24-years. So, why bother with a generator ....... seems like it is a lot more useful to spend the money on a smaller 110volt-20amp high quality, outdoor hot tub, and spend the winter making snow angels in the snow before running back into the hot tub. An outdoor hot tub is just much more useful than a generator....which hardly ever ever is needed....around these here parts.

You know that when the power is down, your local electric utility is not selling any power because your meter is not spinning, which is plenty good incentive for them to keep the power working, or to fix it fast.

And besides, when the power goes down which is very infrequent ....... it would be a good time to grab a cold beer and go retreat to the 104-degree hot tub .....which stays warm for a couple hours without the power.....and just chill out until the power comes back on....... bottoms up ...... no power.....what power outage?

Get er done!