Stick a couple deep cycle batteries and a sufficiently large inverter somewhere in the power network and you can run appliances and power tools with it too. A 2000 watt modified sine wave inverter (good enough for light power tools, battery charging, etc) would run you like $160-180 and a pure sine wave inverter that you could use for computers and sensitive electronics is like $300.
Stick a couple deep cycle batteries and a sufficiently large inverter somewhere in the power network and you can run appliances and power tools with it too. A 2000 watt modified sine wave inverter (good enough for light power tools, battery charging, etc) would run you like $160-180 and a pure sine wave inverter that you could use for computers and sensitive electronics is like $300.