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Well the whole "bake a cake" thing would be complicated for me, unless I can talk her into doing that for me! If the 803 was running it may wet stack by the time I figure out how to start the oven!

This was my theory also, one thing that I am sure most would agree on would be loaded vs. no load is good for engine life. I guess the question is if I was going to bed with no air conditioning load, what would be a decent load for the night? maybe 20% or 2000w or so? maybe one 1500w heater...

The whole kit I guess, was thinking 55 gallon drums at first but I did see another post with a picture of a smaller semi tank mounted on the front of the 803 trailer and it looked like a nice setup. I have the 803 off the trailer at the moment and I am going back and fourth on how I want to set...

Again, good info! I will only run the extra heater(s) if I am in a long term outage and for the bi-monthly exercise. 1500w heaters can he had for around $16 each at walmart, makes for an simple/easy way to load the set when needed. Also makes for a nice warm basement which was nice in the ice...

True, I understand that... I guess I was just using the power outage to exercise the unit some. Would I save much fuel at all if I was at say a 10 or 15% load for X amount of hours vs. 50% load? I have not had any time to do a fuel usage study!

As always, good info! Thanks guys! Had a good ice storm this past Sunday morning and lost power for around 13hrs. This was the first actual use of the 803 since purchasing around 8 months ago. Well worth it! I had to run a few space heaters to keep her around 50% load. the girl friend was...