Posted: 12/11/2008 4:40:05 PM EDT
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For those of you who have stand by generators, pref. feeding off of natural gas, how have they been for you?
Long term planning for '09, and I would like to have one installed for the next hurricane season.. |
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I have had the Generac 16kw natural gas powered generator (Home Depot) since 2005, and it is holding up well. It does a self start once a week, and runs for 20 minutes. So far, the only issue has been a bad battery.
Maintenance is easy, change the oil and filter, new plugs, and an air filter. I have stocked up on all of the necessary items. As luck would have it, we have not needed it since getting it, but it is nice to know it's there. |
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I have had the Generac 16kw natural gas powered generator (Home Depot) since 2005, and it is holding up well. It does a self start once a week, and runs for 20 minutes. So far, the only issue has been a bad battery. Maintenance is easy, change the oil and filter, new plugs, and an air filter. I have stocked up on all of the necessary items. As luck would have it, we have not needed it since getting it, but it is nice to know it's there. We have the same. Put it in after Wilma. So far, so good. |
| Get the auto transfer switch (make sure its rated for the connected load) installed with it so it kicks in by itself. Shop around for a few different prices. With things slower in the trades you should be able to get a decent price. Just be careful of the fly-by-night generator installers and use a known contractor. |
| I'm a CGC and have installed numerous Generac units in the houses I've built. I have had zero problems with all the units. Just be sure to get a "QUALIFIED" source to install the unit. An undersized unit will do harm to electronic devices. You need to decide whether your doing a whole house unit or your just doing the necessities. If just the necessities then they need to be put in a sub panel or singled out. As some one else stated in here get a couple different bids and tell the last one to sharpen his pencil. Its tuff out there and there definitely not selling like they were. Good luck |
