Originally Posted By: Cujet
My advice:
1) Purchase a construction style generator (much easier to service and repair) (remember you will be doing 50 or 100 hour oil changes)
2) Purchase one with an 11HP or 13HP Honda engine, it's the HP that does the work.
3) Ignore the watt ratings, some 9HP models are rated at 5500W (a lie)
4) Avoid larger inverter generators, they are exceedingly expensive and impossible to repair.
5) Avoid Chinese
6) Always remember a water heater element is 4500W and requires 11HP.
7) Conventional generator heads are easy to repair, and replace and will last a lifetime.
8) Store it in the garage or inside.
9) Portable units can be moved to another house if necessary.
Good advice> and I second those recommendations.
I have a Ridgid 8000W (10,000 peak) generator which meets most, if not all of these recommendations. Home Depot sells them.
The good part: Subaru gasoline powered engine, construction style generator, 14HP. Portable by way of a 2 wheel hand dolly style intergral cage (your wife can move it around, in spite of it weighing 250 lbs). Fold down handle, so it does not take up much space.
The bad part: It is loud. However if you build a small enclosure around it, it is not bad.
Someone can provide a link to it, if interested.
My advice:
1) Purchase a construction style generator (much easier to service and repair) (remember you will be doing 50 or 100 hour oil changes)
2) Purchase one with an 11HP or 13HP Honda engine, it's the HP that does the work.
3) Ignore the watt ratings, some 9HP models are rated at 5500W (a lie)
4) Avoid larger inverter generators, they are exceedingly expensive and impossible to repair.
5) Avoid Chinese
6) Always remember a water heater element is 4500W and requires 11HP.
7) Conventional generator heads are easy to repair, and replace and will last a lifetime.
8) Store it in the garage or inside.
9) Portable units can be moved to another house if necessary.
Good advice> and I second those recommendations.
I have a Ridgid 8000W (10,000 peak) generator which meets most, if not all of these recommendations. Home Depot sells them.
The good part: Subaru gasoline powered engine, construction style generator, 14HP. Portable by way of a 2 wheel hand dolly style intergral cage (your wife can move it around, in spite of it weighing 250 lbs). Fold down handle, so it does not take up much space.
The bad part: It is loud. However if you build a small enclosure around it, it is not bad.
Someone can provide a link to it, if interested.