Maximum power output of the Predator 9500 Watt Super Quiet Inverter (Generator Review)

[@willwillis2381]

Love your channel. Been watching all your vids and they are great! Nice to have honest reviews. You hit all the high points. Keep it up cause I'm still shopping.

[@GeneratorReviews]

Thanks Will 💯👍🏾

[@lorenperry3726]

@@GeneratorReviewsif you had to compare the noise level to something What would you compare it to? I have a food truck and I want something pretty quiet.

[@JavierRivera]

Good test, my question is, what is the point of the 9500? I think the Duromax is better then? I might need to re-view the Duromax video again.

[@robward851]

Have you considered surge watt test? Could run the 7200w heater then quickly turn on and off an additional 2000w load. Think viewers would interested to know if the predator 9500 really has 500 extra starting watts over the duromax

[@GeneratorReviews]

Great idea 💡 Thanks I will give it a try

[@Tom-In-Ga]

Another informative video. Thanks!

[@sae1964]

Really good explanation of the load test for the Predator. It really did great on the test. But compared with the Duromax. Dual fuel. I think I would go with the Duromax the dual fuel always a good option to have plus the 3 year warranty, I believe harbor freight only gives you 3 months on there. I’ll be waiting for the video on the double meter you had there also. I imagine you use two different meters one for each leg of electricity. Thanks for your video buddy. I appreciate them. 👍

[@chrisallen3741]

You can get a 3 yr warrenty and you can get a conversion kit as well

[@ciliap]

@@chrisallen3741 if you add a conversion there goes your warranty.

[@chrisallen3741]

@@ciliap i wasn’t going to to add til after that time frame….it wouldn’t change a whole lot other than i can use propane…..idk..

[@eosjoe565]

How can you run a 50-amp RV from that generator when it only has a 30-amp 240v receptacle?

[@GeneratorReviews]

If you divide 240V by 2 that’s 120V at 60amps

[@eosjoe565]

@@GeneratorReviews Ah..ok. So you are only using 120V. I assume then you use some kind of adapter to go from the 30-amp twist lock to the large 50-amp RV connector?

[@GeneratorReviews]

@@eosjoe565 exactly 👌🏾

[@craigfleming4160]

When you are testing the 240volt heater is it both legs bonded to create 240 or is it 2 legs of 120V?

[@GeneratorReviews]

Yes both legs are bonded

[@craigfleming4160]

Thanks for getting back with me, Has anyone had an issue the the inverter after bonding the the X & Y ( black and red )

[@chrismorrison2512]

So Gavin...are you actually getting 60 amps from the 120/240V L14-30R inlet plug on the 9500?

[@GeneratorReviews]

60 amps at 120V

[@emblems4life726]

For best test results you should add your excess 520 watt load equally divided between L1 and L2 as you had 35+ amps on one leg,, and 30 on the other when it tripped out on OL on the first test.

[@GeneratorReviews]

Thanks Good point👍🏾

[@IFix-Things]

100 % agree. You put the extra overload only on L1, not a great thing to do. You may burn out winding. What would be interesting is to see if the overload is only for the total of both lines, or if you just had say 4000 watts on L1 without anythign on L2.

[@YukonHawk1]

It's all about load balancing.

[@mdunbar04]

@@IFix-Things That's exactly right. I have the Duromax it's about 3800 watts for L1 or L2 before overload. L1 and L2 = 7600 watts before overload.

[@MrRChitty]

@@IFix-Things You won't burn out the winding. Think of this, you roll this out of your garage and plug in your table saw which is on a 120 volt circuit. Then you turn it on. All of that load runs on one leg. There's no balancing. The manual states in order to maximize the the amperage on the generator then you'll need to balance the loads out. Otherwise, it's perfectly fine doing what Gavin did. He didn't get 7700 watts, though. He overloaded one leg.

[@scheffman]

Do you know the max wattage while on ESC mode?

[@GeneratorReviews]

7600 Watts, running on pump gas

[@scheffman]

@@GeneratorReviews Thanks! So its the same? Does that mean there is no starting watts?

[@byronlentz4825]

Great test rig. Good test.

[@GeneratorReviews]

Thank you, sir truly appreciated👍🏾

[@dougharlow6037]

I have a small single wide mobile home. I have one mobile home cable that runs almost everything that plugs into the PGE box, but the A/C and water heater is connected to a separate hard wire to the PGE box. Not knowing/understanding how this trailer is wired, I purchased a Predator 3500. It runs the trailer home fine, but no hook up for A/C (220v). It seems your real smart on these generators. What would you recommend for the best 9,000 Watt Dual Fuel Portable Inverter Generator w/ CO Alert, 50 amp plug and clean computer voltage. I think I would like to use Propane.

[@GeneratorReviews]

I would recommend a Genmax 9000 dual fuel

[@GeneratorReviews]

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[@kevinmortensen7825]

The switch still confuses me (sorry)...I have a 220/240v plug that I plug in to my 9500 to run all of my food truck. Can i run a 208v machine (just the machine) thru my L14-30R plug on my truck on 120v switch side ..or do I need to turn it on the 120v/240v switch side? I ask this question because I was trying out 2 different machines on my truck...and the 208v machine (which uses less power than another 110v machine) couldn't pull enough power (7600 starting watts) and wouldn't world properly. But with my other machine (8500 starting watts)...I ran a 10gauge plug to the 120v outlet (not the 220 from the truck) and it worked fine with just the 120v switch only turned on. Why is that? Please help all the way in Hawaii!! ALOHA!!

[@GeneratorReviews]

The switch only turns off line 2 it doesn’t change the output voltage in any way.

[@athenanimbuss6826]

Sweet! 🥰❤🙏

[@tonytollett9190]

Awesome simple explanation! I need the monitor box for the 240, can you built one for me? Cost?

[@GeneratorReviews]

Yep! Anytime

[@jkim412]

Positive Comment

[@tonytollett9190]

@@GeneratorReviews anyway to get a list of parts and maybe instructions on how to build the monitor box for the 240 that you have built?

[@duskyman1]

Building a monitor isn't that difficult.... Get the meters off of Amazon..$17 each, put it in a plastic box with the plug in and plug out and a little bit of four conductor wire... It will set you back a few bucks though because all the parts add up. It would be nice if somebody made and sold them cheaper than you could put it together yourself... I bet many RV owners would love one.... It beats the trial and error method of causing your generator to cut off. You could save a lot of the cost by omitting the plug/ receptacle and just putting it into an existing extension cord. It's going to run you about $75-100 parts to put one together. 15 male plug 15 female plug 10 3 ft wire 10 plastic junction box 35 two ammeters from amazon Cable clamps

[@bmwbaker]

Very well explained...thanks

[@sergioberlin7836]

Thanks Gavin love the videos

[@GeneratorReviews]

Thanks

[@holzie6723]

Still looking for a video that goes thru all this only hooked to a house? Wondering if the 240 with only 30 amps is enough amps to run a whole house? Is the 30 amp per leg so you get a total of 60 amp service to your house? Or only 30 amps which does not seem like enough to run a whole house?

[@GeneratorReviews]

I will work on that video this weekend Thanks for watching and subscribing 👍🏾

[@stevenohnsat7535]

Happy to have stumbled upon the channel. Good stuff! For future ones can you do 2 additional measurements? 1) maximum starting watts on the largest outlet (240V/30A in this case) and 2) run time at 80% running capacity (6000W here)? I am looking to use this as my emergency home generator with a transfer switch as well as an RV/camping power solution. Knowing the largest 1-2s spike the biggest plug will accomodate would be helpful. I typically like to purchase equipment that puts me at 80% utilization to provide room for swings as well as promote long-term health of the product; so runtime at 80% would be also a good piece of info. I am buying the predator. Perhaps you know the above from your use of it maybe?

[@GeneratorReviews]

Thanks for watching Run time videos are hard to make unless it’s a power outage. I would definitely drive my neighbors crazy for 12 hours running a Generator at 80% I like that you have a maximum load in mind of where you limit your generator I wish everyone would keep that in mind. I will definitely consider your recommendation on my next review Thanks Steven

[@stevenohnsat7535]

@@GeneratorReviews True thats fair. Maybe run it at 80% load for 30 mins and see how much fuel is consumed? Like if it eats 1/5th tank in 30 mins at 80% then probably 2.5 hours @80% with full tank.

[@GeneratorReviews]

@@stevenohnsat7535 I can probably get away with an hour I’ll put in exactly one gallon gas and see what run time I get at 80% Then we can calculate

[@stevenohnsat7535]

@@GeneratorReviews That'd be awesome!

[@holzie6723]

Yes me too.

[@YukonHawk1]

Duramax for my money. You at least get a 3 year warranty. Harbor freight only gives you 90 days

[@Heaven-SentMemories]

Just bought this. Should I get the 30 or 50 amp box for my house? Thanks

[@GeneratorReviews]

Get the 50 amp because more than likely you’re going to be using 240 V/120 V appliances plus your generator is a 50 amp generator

[@jasonmartens5961]

Why are you running the generator that hard before the 30hr break in period??

[@GeneratorReviews]

First of all I always recommend that you don’t do this to your generator These are my test Generators I’m making a video so you can see what the generator can do before you buy it. Please just enjoy the video and don’t do this to your generator Trust me my personal generator is broken in perfectly Thanks for watching and thanks for your feedback.

[@ruffrideralec]

What cable is it that your using to get the 60 amps

[@GeneratorReviews]

I just used a 30 amp to a 50 amp adapter

[@ruffrideralec]

Gotcha. Thanks! I have the Predator 9000 gonna try tomorrow to power my RV

[@tubeDude48]

You said you were going to show the build of the meter's!

[@GeneratorReviews]

Yessir soon as I can promise 👍🏾

[@lumberjack3430]

@@GeneratorReviews can you link the parts in the interim?

[@tonytollett9190]

I will ask again, where can I get a monitor unit like the one you have for both legs?

[@GeneratorReviews]

I bought the monitors on Amazon I wired those myself for 240v

[@tonytollett9190]

@@GeneratorReviews help with the link? For monitors, I am not good with electrical still learning, thanks

[@tonytollett9190]

@@GeneratorReviews also possible diagram to wire monitors, would be appreciated, thanks

[@tomroth2634]

Excellent video! Thanks again! Biggest question I have... How many generators do you own? Lol!

[@GeneratorReviews]

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[@Nibarger]

so apparently it overloads if it runs at all above it running watts?

[@GeneratorReviews]

That’s pretty good usually manufacturers are not that honest about their running watts, that’s why I like doing this test hold them accountable especially when you’re paying this much for the generator

[@carlosmunoz753]

Hi,whats the noise level on it

[@GeneratorReviews]

Check out this video at 15.30 you can see the DB Tess performance

[@GeneratorReviews]

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[@MrRChitty]

Love the video. Is the box that you constructed waterproof? I

[@GeneratorReviews]

The box is waterproof but the actual meter is not maybe you could put it in a plastic bag or Ziploc bag you’ll still be able to read the display

[@MrRChitty]

@@GeneratorReviews I think that box is a great idea. I'll see what I can come up with. Thank you.

[@Idahodeerslayer]

Hey Gavin, does this thing charge its own battery when running? Thanks, Tim.

[@GeneratorReviews]

Yes! It charges it battery while running

[@Idahodeerslayer]

@@GeneratorReviews thank you sir. New subscriber. Picked mine up yesterday. Experimenting now. Did my first oil change at 3 hours. Oh boy, shined my flashlight on it and it was glitter city. Gonna do my next one at 10 hours. Thanks for the great detail you put in your videos. Tim.

[@GeneratorReviews]

@@Idahodeerslayer thanks 🙏🏾 for the Support 😎

[@Idahodeerslayer]

@@GeneratorReviews hey Gavin, been running this thing for about ten days now. It was supposed to one up my Honda eu7000. My Honda wasn’t quite enough for my application running the whole house and charging the off grid battery bank at the same time. The Honda was real close but would occasionally hit overload. I’m using the predator now and I actually think it isn’t even as good as the Honda. I think it is tripping the overload around 6K watts. I haven’t put my meter on it yet, the numbers I’m using come from my mate 3 monitor on my off grid power system. I will update after I actually put a meter on it and read it. So far I’m pretty disappointed. I’m even running non ethanol premium in it. I’m wondering if it should have a carb adjustment? It seems to run smooth and fine it just keeps overloading prematurely. So far I would say not a Honda killer. My hope is Honda will respond with a predator killer that is 10k surge, and 8k constant watts. Love all your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@GeneratorReviews]

@@Idahodeerslayer Hey Tim, have you changed your oil yet? That’s 240 hrs at near max power. I would definitely recommend synthetic oil for longer intervals and change your plug to a NGK

[@Nibarger]

Love your videos. Can you tell us how you created your L1 L2 meter?

[@GeneratorReviews]

Hey John Sure I will do a video soon on that meter Thanks for watching

[@Nibarger]

@@GeneratorReviews awesome! Feel free to include your oscilloscope use for reading sine wave!

[@cmason5203]

Can this run a home ac unit

[@GeneratorReviews]

Yes it can with a generator interlock kit installed

[@christurner5473]

Really good video, do you make and sell any of those meters that you made

[@GeneratorReviews]

I can if you want me too

[@chrismorrison2512]

Price please and thank you.​@@GeneratorReviews

[@seymorefact4333]

👍🏻 Gacin, how reliable are these Predators?

[@GeneratorReviews]

So far I think it’s pretty solid, I only have about three hours on this one load testing it. I’m going to keep testing it but so far I think it’s a pretty solid and reliable Generator

[@seymorefact4333]

@@GeneratorReviews do you keep all the units you test? I'm having a hard time finding champion 5500DF! THANK YOU!

[@Bajaheat]

How do you feel about buying used? I’ve got a chance to buy 2 ef2000is generators for $900 that are used, great cosmetic condition so I’d guess not used much, both run good. My second option is a new in box ef2000isv2 for $750

[@GeneratorReviews]

I don’t have any issues with Used I’ve bought used. some of my generators are used if they’ve been maintained and they run good that’s good I would jump on that deal 👍🏾

[@deddie4645]

Nice

[@kevinmortensen7825]

I just tested it...when my soft serve machine runs..the predator 9500 voltage drops from 120 to 101🤨...and there's my problem why it doesn't live up to the 9500 watts...not happy🥲

[@GeneratorReviews]

Kevin that soft serve machine pulls some serious power 😟

[@kevinmortensen7825]

@@GeneratorReviews yeah. .it does ...but the predator with the specs SUPPOSED to pull it...it doesn't 🙄🤨

[@gregolson9233]

Another great video, thanks so much.