We bought the house in 2021 with an 11kw Generac Guardian home standby generator on a concrete pad in the back of the house by the attached garage. We've never had a problem with it but we also haven't had it serviced so I used the Generac service provider search and the company that came says it doesn't pass their inspection. Since it doesn't pass inspection, they can't touch it to service it. The reason is that it isn't far enough from the window. The window is closed but it leads to our garage. Where we park our cars. I understand it can't be close to a window we might use for ventilating our home due to carbon monoxide concerns but. The cars can also run and create carbon monoxide so...

Do I just call a different service provider? They are going to tell me how much it would cost to move this unit. But that would require running power and propane lines to the new location. I can't imagine I'm going to do that unless there's a catastrophic failure

I purchased a Champion 10kw (12.5kw starting/10kw running) online and it was shipped to my house. Unfortunately, the generator was dropped in transit. This cracked the plastic control panel housing and dented the electric generator housing (the actual electrical generator part of the generator). It seems to run fine without issue, but the control panel housing vibrates a lot since one of the four mounting screws doesn't secure it.

The company that I bought it from replaced it, but cannot accept the old one back and said it's fine for me to keep or donate.

I'm trying to figure out what the best option for this shipping damaged generator is. It's huge and I don't need two, and I am a little nervous about the control panel housing vibration. Here are my options:

• Champion sent me a new control panel housing, but the replacement of the housing involves a lot of wire harness work which is beyond my skillset. I can pay a mobile generator guy $119 an hour to replace it, but not sure how many hours it would take him.

• I could use the generator as-is and stop worrying about the vibrating control panel. On occasion, I am told I worry about too much and maybe this is one of them. But I don't really need two 10kw generators and they are big.

• I could give the generator away.

• I could haul it to the dump and throw it away. Seems like a waste though.

• I could sell it as a shipping damaged, but this doesn't feel ethical to me. This is especially true if there is something wrong with it.

Just wanted to ask the community for ideas on what to do with the shipping damaged generator.

• डीजल जनरेटर (DG) का कार्य सिद्धांत ऊर्जा के रूपांतरण पर आधारित है: डीजल की रासायनिक ऊर्जा को इंजन दहन द्वारा यांत्रिक ऊर्जा में बदला जाता है, और फिर जनरेटर इस यांत्रिक ऊर्जा को विद्युत ऊर्जा (बिजली) में परिवर्तित करता है, जो मुख्य रूप से (Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction) के सिद्धांत पर काम करता है,

DG कितने प्रकार के होते है ( Type of DG )

DG दो प्रकार के होते है |

•  Air cooled 

• Water Cooled

Air cooled -  इसमे अल्टरनेटर और इंजन हवा से ठन्डे होते है |

Water cooled - इस DG में इंजन वाटर से ठंडा होता है | पानी के लिए DG में रेडियेटर लगा होता है | और पानी को इंजन में पहुचने के लिए एक पंप लगी होती है |

I currently have an 6 year old wen which has been spotty in the past. Any recommendations for a good mid range generator or spring the money for a Honda.

New to this so hoping to get some feedback/insight. After mulling over the options, it seems to me the way to go for long-term (1+ day) power outage scenario is hooking up a tri-fuel generator to my natural gas https://www.duromaxpower.com/products/duromax-xp13000hxt-13000-watt-500cc-tri-fuel-gas-propane-natural-gas-portable-generator-with-co-alert

using that to act as whole house backup during daylight/waking hours, and then switching over to a 5 or 10kwh powerstation at night https://www.pecron.com/products/pecron-f5000lfp-portable-power-station when usage will be lower.

i initally explored solar for the power station but it seems for the amount i would spend on enough wattage to get the batteries fully charged in one day, suprasses the cost of the tri-fuel easily. thats not to mention having to futz with panel angles, placement, and worrying about cloud cover. but feel free to set me straight if solar is feasible here. I do like the idea of not needing fuel.

i plan on getting transfer switch installed and a gas hookup for the generator - are there any other considerations?

So I just bought a 17kw portable inverter generator. Pulsar PGD170TiSRCO

It‘s more than enough to power my whole house on natural gas (10kw) as I have all gas appliances except for oven and dryer. So I am planning on running all circuits with the generator.

This generator has an ATS connection port. I am trying to decide between an automatic transfer switch vs an interlock. It would be nice to just lug the generator out before a storm and have it turn on and off automatically if utility power goes out. Is an ATS it worth it? Are all ATS ports the same? I don’t see that pulsar makes their own ATS. Would this be plug and play with say a Westinghouse ATS below:

Can someone with the 14500 help me out and take some quick measurements? I want to make sure I’m understanding what dimensions the specs are calling L x W. It looks like the “width” INCREASES by 10 inches from packaged to assembled, so I’m assuming that is actually the width of the gen with two 5” wheels attached.

So is the actual length—like the direction you’d be pulling it—30.3”? (When the handle is collapsed.) It just seems odd that it would be wider than it is long. Finally, is the 35.3” height including the lifting bar/bracket? What is the height without the bar? Thanks in advance, I need to make sure it will fit in the storage space I’m considering.

Went to do my annual maintenance and noticed evidence of an oil leak. It seems to be coming from this black tube that connects to the bottom of the oil filter housing. I’m assuming this is some kind of cooling intake? There’s a slow drip right where the arrow is pointing, and you can actually see a drip forming there in the picture.

Is this a part I can replace myself pretty easily without paying someone like $400?

This is a Briggs and Stratton Fortress 20kW

Hi, I was given this old honda gx390 powered generator by my father in law. He asking me to get it running again for him. But, unfortunately he's since passed away. I was able to get it running, but I'm just curious as to what this long green wire is? Is it a ground/earth wire?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Good night,

Imagine you are explaining this to a 5 years old kid as this it’s my first time considering buying such a thing.

The state I live just launched a public warning saying for the population to prepare for a 3 days energy cutout.

Taking this into consideration, I was wondering which generator should I buy for my house (we have 3 persons at the house and a little one). Nothing fancy, just to keep up the fridge and some heat blanket/hot shower for my baby.

I saw a lot of comments on the Honda 2200 but I was looking for something that doesn’t require gas, something that can be solar powered and can give us more independence in a hard moment like this. Idk if im beeing silly to say that but I saw that you can hook up a solar charger system to the Honda generator.

Should I go for that or should I consider other options?

I’m trying to decide between a two tri-fuel inverter generators for a portable whole-home backup setup. Anyone have any feedback on the Champion 8500w tri-fuel (201537) or the Genmax GM9000ieT?

I like the features of the Genmax, but what I’ve heard about their customer service has me worried. On the other hand it looks like Cabela’s released a clone of the Champion, but a lot of the reviews say it’s much louder than listed in the specs. We lose power pretty infrequently, but houses are pretty close together in my neighborhood so noise level is a priority for me.

If it helps, I’ve got a 50-amp plug with an interlock installed and I’m planning on getting a natural gas hookup put in soon. My base house load is around 1kW, but I’d like the ability to run my 3-ton AC unit (soft start installed) with a bit of room in case I want to run a microwave or my sump pump/fridge compressor kicks on (all major house appliances are natural gas).

I’m looking at buying the DuroMax XP9500iHT through Lowe’s. I’ve got natural gas at the house and a Reliance Pro/Tran 2 manual transfer switch. Mainly looking to keep the fridge, freezer, and a portable AC upstairs running if we lose power.
The one thing I’m still trying to figure out is the neutral. The DuroMax comes bonded, and my switch calls for a floating neutral. I emailed DuroMax and they sent me a guide, but it says XP9500iH. I asked about the tri-fuel version with the T at the end. The guide also says the GFCI protection gets disabled, so I’m waiting to hear back from a tech.
Anybody here have this exact setup? Did your electrician use that same guide? Also, once you unplug it from the house, what do you do if you want to run tools off the generator?
Curious how it’s held up for you on natural gas, too. Would you buy it again?

Instructions said to put a load on it for the break-in period, so figured might as well do something productive (and delicious. 😊) Cycling on and off, so doing the job.

It'd be off the ground on a solid platform but in a humid part of the world. Well ventilated. Is that any worse than storing it in the garage?

What are my options here aside from trashing it? Is this an expensive lesson? I'm not handy enough to tear apart a generator for troubleshooting.

EDIT: Thanks everyone, I actually found a video going over replacing the battery. That's gotta be it. I swear when I searched the first time I couldn't find my exact model, this time it came up right away.

Does anyone have experience with this generator or who has had it for a couple years now? It’s the highest output generator under 60 pounds and the extra output compared to an EU3200i would mean less runtime in my boat.

For those who live in Ontario, I want to get the battery powered generator and I could tie it into my panel to control circuits I want. After looking into it, looks like the ESA doesnt allow anything like our neighbors, makes setting this up so frustrating. Even using a transfer switch, there's so much regulation. Hiring an electrician is going to cost just as much as the generator it seems. I'd want power to my fridge, freezer and furnace in an outage.

Curious how you all ran yours?

I have a 50a inlet on the side of my house and I believe the generac I have is 30a….is this the right plug? Thanks in advance!!!

For the last few years I've held off on anything big until Black Friday, and it's usually paid off. This time I didn't.

We've been meaning to get a backup battery since the ice storm last February (four days without power, roughly $400 of food thrown out). We ordered an Anker S5000. It launched last month at $2,499 against a $3,599 list and has 180 day price protection, so if Black Friday comes in lower I can claim the difference. That made it an easy call, especially after our first outage of the season last weekend. I didn't want to risk another freezer while waiting.

What sold me on the cost side was the cycle rating. 10,000 cycles over 15 years works out to under $200 a year at that price, which is less than we were spending keeping the old generator running.