My parents live out in buttfuck nowhere (no wonder their son turned out gay *drumroll*) and their power is spotty in the winter. They turned 70 this year, so I came out and installed a propane genrator that will kick on and supply them with power when the grid goes down.
I set and balanced the generator, rented an excavator to dig the propane and electrical lines (the power company tied it in for us), framed and poured a slab and set a propane tank, and set up their iPhones so they can control it on the app. It was a lot of fun to put together and execute it…. nice change of pace for me.
It runs a test every Friday and they sit outside in their lawn chairs and watch it kick on. Makes me proud, and it makes my folks proud too….something to show off to their geezer friends.