awesomeI picked this well before the start of hurricane season 2020 and got it set up with a 50a inlet box with breaker interlock also grabbed a 100lb propane tank and have it strapped to a hand truck for ez set up when time comes, so living in Florida the last season has seen record breaking hurricanes all over the south ea and some areas hit multiple times i still felt ready but as time went on our area got nothing ,,, nothing ,,, so with that i buried the generator in the garage just making room ,,, but months later a storm blew in with a heavy cold front bringing high winds and rain and of all nights it happened on Christmas Eve while wife and daughter were on 2nd floor last minute wrapping and BAM power out so i called DUKE energy and automated response was power should be restored by 1:00am i was like no way not on my watch not with temps expected in the low 30's ,, the whole neighbor hood is out so dug out the XP1200EH rolled out the propane tank fired it up let it run ( breaker off) while i got the power cord ready and made a make shift cover for it since was raining but winds were no longer a threat ,,, hooked it up and 1 by 1 flipped all the breakers on in the main panel and with a little detail of my house is its a 2 story 3900sq ft (3200living) i have a 3ton heat pump A/C unit upstairs and a 2.5ton heat pump a/c unit down stairs a large efficient fridge in the kitchen a med size older fridge in garage a 5ft freezer as well,, so far its running my entire house my wife needed to finish cooking and prepping Christmas dinner i turned off the the 1st floor A/C as i really didn't want to push it and have nothing but wife completed all her cooking on electric stove and used microwaves etc. at this point I'm so very impressed after a few hours i called duke back and estimated restore time had been updated to 5:30 am and that Generator ran the entire time and has never had gasoline in it propane only ,,, but my house is a good size house and is very efficient with LED lighting thru out Battery back up on all cable boxes Modems and routers energy efficient appliances i also added Kickstarters to both outside A/C units which cut the start up amperage dramatically which helps on the generator load and as well as everyday use i have seen a decrease in my electric bill ,,,, overall i extremely pleased with how it handled my house from 7:30pm to 5:30am Christmas eve into Christmas morning and the 100lb propane tank is still over 3/4 full and as i told my wife it seemed like 2020 wasn't going out with out a fight
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