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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KOPBET" data-source="post: 3525654" data-attributes="member: 4153"><p>I turned on all the lights on the first floor (mostly LED), TV, and gas furnace. Then I measured the amperage on both input legs. Neither leg got over 3.5 amps, or roughly 1800 watts combined. I don't plan on running the dryer or AC or even the microwave (very high startup current) during an outage. Regardless, I have a gas dryer so it's only another 215 watts or so. So I can basically run the entire house during a winter outage with the 5550 watt portable (assuming I can get the damn thing started and keep gas in it).</p></blockquote><p></p>