We have a Robins 6100 generator. We have a Generac transfer switch. There is an outlet on the side of the house to plug the generator into.
I paid an electrician to do this hook up. It was out of my league.
I have the furnace, well pump, refrigerator and some lights hooked up to the transfer switch. The furnace supplies hot water as we can keep the house warm with wood stoves.
I picked the Robin after doing some research. Our furnace is in a detached garage. The pipes run into our house by coming under a deck in an uninsulated pipe chase at the time. We have since fixed this scenario. But I wanted a good quality generator. I figured saving a few hundred bucks up front would not be worthwhile if the unit failed.
I keep 30 gallons of gas treated with Stabil over the winter. I then use the gas up in the following summer in various outdoor power equipment.
The Robin cost us $1600 in 1999. that was fun - buying a generator in the Y2K madness. Everyone kept trying to sell me guns and ammo too! We got the wheel kit as well. That was thrown in for free as the salesman took a shine to my wife.
The Robin starts easily. Its best feature and one I highly recommend regardless of the brand you chose is "auto - idle". If there is no electrical load the Robin will throttle down to an idle. Once a load is placed on the system the engine kicks back up to proper rpms. I tested this with a drill and there is no lag time. The auto-idle saves gas.
After all our looking and researching we have only had to use it once in 9 years. We had an ice storm in 2006. I used 3 gallons of gas over 21 hours. I was pleased with the performance.
Here is a pic of me fueling it up during that storm.
Phil
I paid an electrician to do this hook up. It was out of my league.
I have the furnace, well pump, refrigerator and some lights hooked up to the transfer switch. The furnace supplies hot water as we can keep the house warm with wood stoves.
I picked the Robin after doing some research. Our furnace is in a detached garage. The pipes run into our house by coming under a deck in an uninsulated pipe chase at the time. We have since fixed this scenario. But I wanted a good quality generator. I figured saving a few hundred bucks up front would not be worthwhile if the unit failed.
I keep 30 gallons of gas treated with Stabil over the winter. I then use the gas up in the following summer in various outdoor power equipment.
The Robin cost us $1600 in 1999. that was fun - buying a generator in the Y2K madness. Everyone kept trying to sell me guns and ammo too! We got the wheel kit as well. That was thrown in for free as the salesman took a shine to my wife.
The Robin starts easily. Its best feature and one I highly recommend regardless of the brand you chose is "auto - idle". If there is no electrical load the Robin will throttle down to an idle. Once a load is placed on the system the engine kicks back up to proper rpms. I tested this with a drill and there is no lag time. The auto-idle saves gas.
After all our looking and researching we have only had to use it once in 9 years. We had an ice storm in 2006. I used 3 gallons of gas over 21 hours. I was pleased with the performance.
Here is a pic of me fueling it up during that storm.
Phil
