That's probably at "full load" for your house though, no? If you're looking at an extended outage, you can alter your use patterns. I have a 5kW gasoline gener

That's probably at "full load" for your house though, no? If you're looking at an extended outage, you can alter your use patterns. I have a 5kW gasoline generator that most certainly cannot run the whole house, but in emergency situations, I turn off most things at the breaker box. We can run one AC unit to cool part of the house, then shut down that, and power up the kitchen for dinner, etc, etc.