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Old 10-31-2018, 06:23 PM   #701 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
Why spend money at all on such a limited store of power, unless it allows you to completely cut the cable on power? A generator costs much less and has limitless electricity so long as you keep pouring fuel into the tank.

I personally wouldn't but I could see the appeal. 24 kWh would run my house for 3 days in the middle of January. Paired with solar I can see the appeal for dealing with power outages compared to a whole-house back-up generator ($4,000 for my house)

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