RE: RE: Jan 2020, Swedish Marine engine demonstration8 Jan 2020 13:22
Graham- I lived most of my childhood and youth in under developed countries due to my father's work.
In these countries you always had blackouts, that sometimes lasted for days.
As a result we had generators usually a 6.5kw Kubota, a 16kw Kubota and at one point a 25kw Detroit deisel (total overkill and expensive to run).
We also had at one point a 1.5kw inverter and then a 3.5kw trace engineering inverter connected to four marine batteries (don't use lorry batteries, they don't last as long and require upkeep).
My job for spending money was to ensure that the generators were always fueled up (including external diesel storage tanks) and servicing of these as well.
I mentioned this before and if you have solar panels, I would recommend installing an inverter, this would allow you to be almost energy independent from the grid!
Look into it! Especially if no one is home during the day!