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My wife has been bragging how we never missed a hot shower, tv show, or internet while the power lines were dead. She goes a step too far when she tells people I would be a good generator consultant. We weren't out that long but managed to keep it loaded and baked 5 dozen cookies after we ran...

Just turned the clothes dryer back on and the oven. Reading 42 amps load so that should clean it up some. Ran out of laundry to do so we are going to bake cookies.

Having trouble keeping a significant load on during use. Everything builds up to pressure or temperature and cycles off. I will probably need to connect the load bank after power returns and run my unit under full load for a while.

I have mine on a monthly test cycle. I run it for an hour or two with a 40 amp load once a month. Yesterday was it's scheduled test but I had already done it last Thursday in anticipation of this storm. I use the calendar in my cell phone to remind me of test days. You can create an event and...

Power went off here at 6:30. 803A is humming along and wife is in the shower. As soon as she is done I will turn the water heater back on and check the current draw. Our water heater has two 4500 watt elements but I don't know if they run in unison. Edit: I googled dual element water heater...