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I tried to buy one locally for Isabell, but I couldn't get to HD or Lowes

....in time to buy one. They were literally selling them off the truck.

I went online the night before and found a good price at a Honda dealer in Washington State that would ship free to anywhere in CONUS, so I ordered one. I thought it probably wouldn't help me for this hurricane, but I would have one for the next.

I only wanted one large enough to run my refrigerator, so I bought a EU-2000. I think I've used it twice since, and found it was worth it!

I ran a couple of small items like my coffee maker too, but I'm sure it could handle quite a bit more. The big power draw is when the refrigerator's compressor kicks in, but that drops significantly once it's running.

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Posted: 07/31/2020 at 08:47AM

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