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[CharlesHarris]

Unless you have CO detectors I would not run any genset indoors, regardless of how good you thought your ventilation was. After Katrina and Rita when performing welfare checks on people sheltering in place early stage CO poisoning was common in cases where people ran portable gensets in carports under a dwelling, with the beadroom overhead, even though the garage door was open. Fortunately we were able to measure the CO and get the people out of their houses before anyone died, and use positive pressure ventilation to air out the houses, but others were not so lucky.

Best for OPSEC is an adequate solar power array to power a large DC/AC inverter. A good setup for an average house is four L16 6-volt wet lead-acid goldcart batteries totalling about 420 amp/hours, rigged in two series/parallel circuits to provide 12 VDC outpout, being solar charged with with a bank of ten Siemens SM20 panels, connected to a suitable charge controller. This will provide about 1Kw continuous duty for small devices and emergency lighting and can provide 2Kw surge capacity for short periods.