#2 Will this unit run a home hot water? Plus house lights and ceiling fans
Just add up all the wattage of the products you need to use at once. Each standard 60w bulb will use 60 watts. If you turn on 10 lights at once, that is 600 watts. Ceiling fans use between 15-90 watts, depending on the size and speed of the fan. Let's say 450 watts for 5 large fans on high speed. A water heater has high wattage usage, typically up to 4500 watts (when it's heating water). That brings us to 5550 watts. A 7000 watt generator will have no problem running all of these at once.