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Power was fed using cords and boxes, not through the house system. My father worked for PSNH for 30+ years, so we know all about backfeeding!! Good to let people know anyway. Not sure how long the gen set ran, as I never looked at the hour meter before it was setup. Has to be at least 65-70...

Power finally came back on Tuesday @ about 5:00 pm. Little 3 KW ran almost the entire time, but gas use was about 60 gallons!! Never did get over 25% use/load so gas use seems high. Also, used about 4 quarts of oil total. Still better than no heat or lights! Only ran on 120 volt setting as...

I have no idea if it will work, but will try it and see. Why won't the setting for the 240 volt 1 phase work (fried heater when we tried it)? Does it have something to do with the difference between "Y" and "delta" generator setup? Thanks

Can the 5 KWs be hooked-up for 240 volts and connected direct to the house? Still can't figure out how to do this with the little 3 and 1.5 KW units. Currently the 3 KW is just being used @ 120 volts.

Here in NH we had a real bad ice storm on Thursday night, and power is still out for over 120,000 homes. My son took the 3 KW unit to his condo and hooked-up the icebox, the heater, a few lights and the TV and hooked up the condo across the drive so the little kids over there could have heat...