10 years hell been down 3 times in the last two months

Excellent video

Excellent video! Thank you

Why do vacation homes need to have generators set to auto? No one home and generator running providing noise for neighbors day and night

100 years old elon musk

What about what to do when you have a transfer switch? Do you use that to separate the generator from house load?

I’m dealing with two: one that operates a corner store walk-in cooler plus a few lights & computers and an identical 8kw model that runs part of the house we live in: fridges, freezers and living room. We have a wood stove for heat in the living room but the place has electric baseboard heaters everywhere that are not wired to the generator, so the bedrooms may get very cold if the power is out for several days this winter; I think a mini split heat pump with a head in each bedroom would probably solve the problem and still be able to run on the generator because we don’t get super cold winters here... ideally the generator’s warm air / exhaust could be directed towards the heat pump outdoor unit for additional winter efficiency while on the generator. Another option may be to just set up a simple non-refrigeration heat pump to move some wood stove heat to the bedrooms with tubing around the exhaust pipe and radiators in the rooms... might not be worth it for the relatively small amount of heat, but people abandoned a solar heating system for a pool here that consists of long black tubes and a pump that may be most of what is needed... gonna play around with it and see what it can do.

I got mine in 2005, right after Hurricane Rita left us without power. I highly recommend using Royal Purple engine oil in it if you want it to last.

Maybe I just have a good Generac 17kw. I installed it in July 2009 and it is now January 2022 It has been through 4 hurricanes that 2 were major. I ran the generator 17 days 24/7 and the other time was 24/7 9 days only shutting it down to check the oil and air filter. It is hooked up to whole house running 2 central A/C units. I service it myself on time every time.

why do these air cooled motors drink so much oil? i mean a harley motors dont need to be changed everyone week when running it hard over the summer. just curios... larry

Me n my wife can hear the generator run at knight dificult to sleep

My Generac 24kw is getting installed right now. Came with a 10 year (parts & labor) warranty. For $270 a year, it gets serviced with 24/7 service and no excuses to void warranty (I.e. service was performed wrong). I bought because of losing power for 7 days in ice storm. Wouldn't want to power it off in freezing weather, will have to ask about these suggestions. Would want it to die three days in either.

So you shut the disconnect breaker off that’s in the breaker box outside your house that says Generac on it?

just ran two generators for 7 days straight during hurricane ida with daily oil checks/adds.

Will this work for someone that is on oxygen 24/7 ? .

In 2009 kentucky was hit with a major ice storm that knocked the power off for 7 days. I was running my firman duel fuel 9400 watt generator all day from sun up to past sun down. I didn't have any issues with it. Guess what I'm saying I seen plenty of videos of these stand by generators failing during emergencies. And the portable ones last longer in a long term power outage.

Hey you are lucky! My power goes out 5 or 6 times per year and it may be for up to 24 to 72 hours. If it can’t handle that I don’t want a generac. I have a Troy built that I need to run on cords that is 20 years old and has never had a problem.

If I cannot use a wholehome generator continuously this is a scam and should be investigated by law enforcement. However, this is never going to happen as law enforcement is too busy investigating President Trump and his supporters.!!!!

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1) Is it alright to turn the standby generator off at night out of consideration for my neighbors if there's a prolonged outage? 2) Do they make noise Mitigation cabinets to reduce the db level of the Generac generator? It's really loud. Thanks!

speaking from experience we had a power outage and I ran my Generac 17K for 6 days straight in Aug20 and on the 6th day the engine sized bend 3 out of the 4 push rods and when the engine stop so quickly it damaged the Stator in the generator housing , The oil was a tiny bit low and still very clean , the unit had 202 hours on it at the time of death . I guess the point is no matter what the company advertises the engine runs at 3600 rpm . and resting it for 8 hours at night , is probably a smart thing to do, or use the heck out of it but buy the extended warranty ....

Common sense. It’s called, run it for a few hours, then shut it off. Run at night, then shut it off when your gone, or run during the day, keep the house cool, and then turn it off at night when’s it’s cooler.

Could I use a stand by generator as the only power source for a small off grid cabin?

Can it be used for DJing?

How do you determine what size generator you need to run everything in your house?

I wish Generac would come out with a home WiFi interface so you could monitor your generator VIA the Computer or your smart phone. They do have a system which connects to cellular service. That may be good in a remote service area, but face it, that's just another expenditure we can live without. We all have wireless routers and WiFi that would extend to our back yards. I have e-mailed Generac and told their customer service about that but all they tell me is their "Mobile Link". I wish everyone would get in touch with Generac and push this feature and tell them to develop a WiFi connected system.

Mss burr you will need lp witch is liquid propane Just for the generator how much will depend on the size of your unit

NEC Code requires "flexible" PVC conduit from the solid sched 40 PVC by the generator.

Nice video and I liked how you recomend checking with our local athorities - here in Florida each municipality has different requirements. Lot's of "hoops" to jump through. After 12 years, doing nothing but generator installations, we know exactly what each city requires for a safe and legal Generac generator installation. Our blog might be of value > generxgenerators.com/generx-blog/

So this unit is only good if you have Gas. I live in a manufactured home. And I have all electric. So I guess I'm screwed... Or have to get a gas generator to be stolen when I go to work.... grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Hi, Dan,. I have a 17 K unit , it is large enough to handle my home which is 2500 sq. ft. My 17K unit run a full 12 min. on it's test run every Saturday. After another 15 min. I usually check the oil level and never see a milky white residue. You should be able to lengthen the run time on weekly testing. PS I love the unit....

Nice imformative video. Hits all the key points for the install. Far more helpful then Generac customer service!