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We had a generator put in our lower unfinished area. Our electrician wired three new plugs next to our refrigerator, a wall plug and our microwave. I believe they just put breakers for those on the main panel. So when the electricity goes out, we plug into the generator plugs, fire up the generator (gas) at least we keep our food cold, are able to heat in the microwave and have a lamp. We have never used it. The gas has obviously gone bad in the generator that has never been used! With so many dead trees cut down there may not be a need to put in the backup power anyway anymore. The one thing we made sure we have in our cabin in an old rotary dial phone…they never need power, so you are able to check with pg&e when the power is expected to come back on! Good luck and Happy New Year.
The only problem with a back up generator “when needed” is they don’t cycle on there own, so the time you need it you can’t get it started especially if it’s gas and it goes bad. So you need to remember to run them regularly and use fuel stabilizer or 100LL aviation fuel that does not go bad.
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