We have Honda generators, very small, and we actually bought two, and you can use just one or both, they connect to each other. They are very quiet, and so they are kind of expensive, I think we paid about $1,000 each, but I bought them 3 years ago. I would have to check when I get home what model we have. I haven’t needed them to run appliances in my house, but we hoped it would be good for running the fridge and be able to charge electronics?
I don’t remember with the two if we could use the stove or microwave. For heat maybe you could at least run a space heater in your bedroom or another small room that you can close off and keep the heat in. In Florida we think more in terms of air conditioning.
The generators cannot be run indoors, that’s how people die from carbon monoxide poisoning, you have to be able to let it run outside. My house in Tennessee had a special place to connect outside of the house and then a switch on the fuse box that only turned on me key appliances when using a generator, so that was kind of fancy and nice, but not necessary.
I’m just thinking that having hot water is a luxury when your electricity goes out in the winter, I wonder if that can still work on a small generator if it is a gas water heater.