With 15KW, you can power both Kecks. Or every ETX ever made, at the same time...I think you're covered! I went with 5.2KW (continuous); it will run the whole house but only big power-hungry appliance at a time, not a real handicap in a power outage. And it's small enough to haul in the back of the Explorer if I really need it at a remote site. Converting the whole house to compact flourescent lighting really cut down on the generator load as far as lighting goes. My driven scopes are old enough that they don't have on-board batteries. All of them use a separate controller/power supply which runs on 12VDC. My Dobs run on salad, rice and beans, and an occassional beer. The greenhouse gas emissions are somewhat less than the generator. Somewhat. On 8/3/07, diveboss@xmission.com <diveboss@xmission.com> wrote:
After the Christmas/Solstice power outage a couple of years ago I purchased a 15K portable telescope battery charging machine so in the event of another power outage, I could still charge the telescopes battery. Funny thing though, it will also run the house and shop. You ought to get you one in case your power is interupted for a long period of time.