Dont Hold it Against Me, I got A Yamaha Yesterday

[mxz600]

Nice little generator you got there.

After I finally broke down and bought one, didn't lose power for two years. But I have now used it a total of 4 times. This is one of those items you don't use much, but when you need it, you need it.

I looked into the whole house type, definitely the best way to go. But between 3 and 5 grand, way to much cheese. Below is the one I bought, 9500 watts, does the whole house except central air. Cost less than a grand, not an inverter but does have clean power for home electronics.

I back feed it to my house through a range outlet in my garage.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

We were living in LA when Hurricane Katrina hit. We lost power for 13 days. I was told you cannot depend on the main breaker to keep the generator power absolutely isolated from back feeding into the neighborhood grid, so I removed the meter. When power boys were ready to energize the local high voltage branch I had to disconnect the generator. They absolutely would not energize the system while the generator was wired into the breaker panel.

I had a 5500 watt unit. Ran the frig, freezer, a few lights, and a small a/c unit in the bedroom at night. I also changed the bottom element in the water heater to a 3500 watt element and reconnected the thermostats so only the bottom element was functional. Ran the generator at night to heat water. We had water after the second day. With all that, and a Coleman camp stove for cooking, we got by quite nicely for the duration.

 

[Cavman]

"Honda 4000 doesn't even hit 165 pounds and with a wheel kit it's great. This unit does have a separate fuel shut off and kill switch."

Not something I would be able to pick up and load into a pickup or camper by myself.