Sorry for the hijack but .............
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Is having the whole house or even partial house wired for automatic generator power if necessary a good or bad or indifferent selling point?
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Is there a return on the investment?
@Stealth83: the return on investment will be having the whole house powered during an extended time of no power ( like the 13 days we were out during IKe). Now having said that- how often does that happen? We've been here 12 years and have had it happen twice. Our neighbor has been here over 20 and had it happen twice. I'm not sure having a whole house generator would be a deal breaker on a house sale.
As far as DIY we're major into DIY- dh is a mechanical engineer with a minor in electrical. He considered doing that project and decided the risk wasn't worth it for as few times as we would use it. We will live with the portable genie alone.
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