Originally Posted by joken2
Originally Posted by Sitka deer
Originally Posted by Hancock27
Get a 2 - 2.5 K, run each for a few hours and keep the lids closed as much as possible. also, the fuller the freezer, the more efficient it is.
For emergency running with the load in rotation that is enough. The generator will be far lighter and easier to use and you will find lots of other uses for it. get bigger and it will have just one use as a back-up.

Run your freezers as cold as possible. Stuff in it will keep better, the cost to run it will be lower, and in an emergency the lower starting temperatures will help food remain frozen longer and more easily.


^^^ This ^^^

And might want give some thought to eventually getting a second portable gen set around the same wattage output and run them in parallel in case you decide you want to power more stuff.

Also, if you're powering modern digital electronic appliances you'll most likely be needing to go with an inverter generator.

Winter time I would grab the 4500 watt generator from our property, that way the 4500 could run the furnace and our 3500 would take care of a few things in the house. Sucked but gas was cheaper then.