Home Power Backup: What I Learned After My Generator Failed to Start During a Winter Storm
Home power backup buying guide built from real failures: why ethanol-blended gasoline destroyed a generator carburetor after 90 days in storage, what kill-switch measurements revealed about actual starting watts vs. label watts, why I chose an inverter generator over conventional despite 2x the price, the solar generator I tested and refused to buy, and how to size backup power for your specific critical loads.