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I live beside one it's crazy loud!. It sounds like someone is running a lawnmower in my house.... I'm going to have to move and will never live beside one again

We had a generac generator installed in 1999 and it still works perfectly today 2024 all we did was normal maintenance. It's saved us many times we had some storms that we were out of power for 5 days and it ran perfectly all five days.

It's really loud, I can tell you. I have one.

It is great when it works but if it is not starting and the service man simply dos not show-up or answer the phone, it becomes a nightmare. There should be a hot line with Generac in cases when service tech are no more in business or no more interested in servicing Generac. When a General Contractor tells you that he had 15 Generac installed in different houses and he cannot😢 have access himself to servicing, this is real bad. 😢

Diesel generator would last longer with a 275 gallon tank.

Big old diesel with a 8 pole alternator. Will last forever with a little maintenance.

A little bit longer than 3 minutes convert from NG to propane....

Generator are awful for residential use. Get a battery and inverter rather. And if you want to save money, you can connect solar panels as well.

Genarac generators are horrible. Problems with mine several times, then the generator side went bad and they want 6,000 dollars to fix it, we only paid 4,000 dollars from homedepot. 12kw genarator was a waste of money.

does it fit in the back of an EV? 😅

@triplemachine completely agree with your comment I used a decibel meter that I've used for years during fire alarm verifications and it came up with a very comparable result. I decided to do the video with the phone app as it would be easier to read if captured by the camera. And the app had averages displayed Overall I agree with your comment. However in this case the app did a reasonable job

You need to use a real db meter for these tests. Iphone apps are notorious for being inaccurate

Bought my generator in 2005 it been service by a license technician was having trouble with it for three years and finally the piston rod came through casing not impressed to find out I can not get parts I contact Generac for a new motor. They gave me service people and they told me it wasn’t worth it to fix so disappointed that we are in the age that we don’t fix

almost 25 years as a Generac tech (retired now) and life span is hard to figure because of so many variables. The early ones (pre Y2K) would run to 1500 hours if maintained, but quite often gave up the ghost due to rust or a tree falling. (squashed) Later ones will render more run hours, starting with units after about 2010. (chrome rings?) They claim well over 2500 hours is possible. I have never personally seen an air-cooled unit with over about 1400 hours on the clock. Most have not died due to run hours but suffered some issue where the customer decided cost to repair was out in left field at whatever age it reached.... lightning strike, large tree falling, etc. Many of these are in the 500 hour range, so maybe 50 hours a year and pressing 20 years old. We've been around long enough that replacement of older units is near 25% of our business... and we did the original as well. Liquid cooled units are another animal, and run hours mean almost nothing there unless it's a 3600 RPM set.

We had a 2007 water cooled 22KW natural gas Generac generator at our house in Gulf Breeze. I was very picky about 2x year service and it was money well spent. Hurricane Sally hits us and boom generator kicks in, AC on. It didn't look as nice as yours cause it was there when we bought the house but agree, take care of it and she'll last a long time. Thanks for the video.

Our power is out a hurricane just tore thru. We can’t figure out how to work ours.

I saw just saw this video pop up. I have the same generator over 20 years old now. I do my own yearly service. As easy as a lawn mower to do.

I have two of the same model. Installed in 2001 and 2003. Both have around 500 hours. Still running strong. Except for batterys (every 3 years) ,normal service (yearly) only thing replaced has been a starter (caused by weak battery) and one gas valve diaphragm. Mine do have hour meters.

I bought a new Generac 18 kW unit early this year (2024). After the first battery failed, the control module was replaced by the dealer. That module did not work at all. A third control module was installed with another new battery. The third module seems to be keeping the battery up, and the unit actually started during a short line interruption. The Generac Mobile Link app on my phone still says the battery is not being properly charged, but every day when I measure the battery voltage it is good. The Mobile Link software seems to now be the culprit. So I have no way to monitor the health of the unit remotely. That is not very user friendly. Generac support insisted on schooling me in the art of using a voltmeter, and helped me to understand how a battery charger works.

kohler engines last the longest.

I've had my Generac since 2005. I had to replace it once about 5 years ago. I've already had to repair it twice! Generac has declined significantly in their quality-control. My next generator will be a Cummings.

Purchased 18 years ago it SHOULD still work when the actual hours it has been used is very limited

18 years ago quality ISN'T what it is today & with so many of the parts supplied from OUTSIDE of the U.S.A. if a part goes down you better HOPE they have a part local & it DOESN'T have to be shipped in

Of course this one is 20 years old and they don’t build them like they used, so maybe only 5 years…

Years mean nothing. How many Hours will it last, is what matters. How many hours on it? 500? 700? 1000? Thats what matters.

Back when generac was built great. Love the metal enclosure as well. Built much better than todays generacs. Very simple unit.

What they don't tell us is how many hours of run time is on the unit.

I just bought one this week and it's still looks the same as that 18-year-old

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I bought my first generator in 1988 from a preacher who had it several years. He bought it from a guy who took it off a power company truck that he bought at an auction. So, it was about 10 to 15 years old when I got it. It was a Kohler 2,200 watt, with a Brigs and Stratton 3.5hp gas motor. When I sold it around 2005 it was still running strong and I used it for construction work constantly. I needed a bigger one that would also run my home AC, because I had moved down to the coast, so I bought a used 4,000 watt Coleman with a 6.5hp Briggs and Stratton from a pawn shop. I also used it in construction and also after Hurricane Ike hit us. I used it regularly until I retired and moved inland. Now it sits in my shed, still ready to start on the first pull, as it always did. My "secret" for long lasting generators is to shut the gas off and run it until the gas line and carb were empty, when I didn't plan to use it for several days. During longer periods I'd also drain the gas tank. I changed the oil regularly and other than buying a cover for it, that's all I did. Oh, I did "splurge" and buy a wheel kit for it after a few years of dragging it around job sites. It was getting too heavy to drag on skids.

Had a Generac 24kw installed down here in Louisiana last September. Hurricane Beryl just caused a mess and electricity was down for three days....not for me though. I was able to run everything in my home without issue including 2AC units, and continue working remotely and make sure my elderly father was taken care of during 100 degree temps. You don't realize how valuable these things are till they kick on in an outage.