My parents in the state of Maine have an oil burner. It does not see much action any more. When the power would go out there in the winter they would unplug the oil burner and plug it into a generator. Yes this fixed 150kg+ fixed machine had a cord that plugged into its own wall receptacle.
It only needs main to neutral power (120 volts) and only requires 1500-2000 watts for a split second on start up, then around 500 watts or so to run.
The cheapest smallest generator you could find would run it.
Now it only gets ran when no one is home and the pellet burner is off.
So now they top off the fuel oil tanks at the end of each winter as opposed to having them filled 3 to 6 times each year.
When the power goes out now, they just run the pellet burner off the generator, only 200 to 300 watts depending on the fan speed. An inverter hooked up to an idling car could power it.
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