Remember, too, that when you run a generator to keep food cold/frozen in a refrigerator and/or freezer, it is NOT necessary to run it 24/7!!! You only need to run it (for those items) for maybe an hour at a time--the compressor does not run full-time even when power is not out.

Next power outage, I'm going to remind my neighbor of this...had to listen to one run--just for his freezer--for over 24 hours a couple of springs back. He wasted his fuel, & grated the nerves of all his neighbors, though he wasn't even home to mind his generator.

(Sorry, slipped into a bit of a rant...)

David