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Originally Posted by codeman671
We have 2 x 20kw Kohlers at our home, with a 1000-gallon tank. My home is heated mainly with splits thus the capacity needed.
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I think this is the problem I had when pricing out a whole house generator about 15 years ago. The price came in nearly double what I had budgeted...mainly due to (as was explained to me) our 5 ton geo heat pump. I didn't proceed as the cost-value didn't seem worth it.
Five years ago, we replaced that heat pump with a new one and I've been wondering if the newer tech lowers the start-up power requirement. Maybe the older one installed in 1995 didn't have a soft start-up feature and the newer one does? Haven't had time to look deeper and, besides, we've lost power for probably a total of 20 hours over the last 15 years (despite living in a rural area). So, even at a lower price point, I'm still not sure the cost-value would be there.
It sure would be nice to have the peace-of-mind however.