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The generaot size depends on what you plan to use it for. Since you are thinking of running your house on it you need to compute the load you'll put on it and get the power to match (exceed) that load. In the case of your house you may be ahead getting a contractor style gen set of about 5,000 or higher as those units are quite a bit cheaper than an RV style set. You also won't be so worried about noise bothering your neighbors in that case either.

For the RV, what do you plan to run with it? If you are planning to run an AC unit you'll need a Honda 3000 (or 2 Honda 2000's) or the equivalent in the Yamaha brand. If you do not plan on running the AC qa single Honda 2000 will run everything else in the MS. Since the electric water heater and the fridge are power hogs I set them to run on propane when boon docking. They don't use that much gas and the generator will run quieter and far longer without those loads.

The Honda's and Yamaha's are both quiet units and fuel efficient for RV's but may not be big enough to run your stick house depending on what you have for appliances. If you need the AC on in your house you'llneed a really stout generator.