automatic tandby generators

[YanmarFever]

John,
I have an airman 12 kw diesel with a mitsubishi engine
A trace 2.5 kw inverter-with 8 trojan batterys for standby
It works great & its quiet,I had to run it for 3 days this past winter with out a hitch.
I felt bad because my neighbors had none, a 1/4 mile away.
I say diesel--1800 rpm.--and an inverter is the way to go.
I thought about it long & hard before I took the plunge
Ernie

 

[JohnCt]

Thanks to everyone for the info. I hope that BubbaJr's trouble with the briggs & stratton was a fluke and not the norm. While looking into this generator possibilty I have found out that generac now owns briggs & stratton. Don't know if or how that effects either. The coleman powermate offers the honda engine,something to consider. Propane is how I plan to run which ever generator I deside on. Hadn't given much thought to rpm's, more food for thought. Thanks again to everyone. John

 

[GaryM]

Even prettier when it runs!

The 3600RPM aircooled unit is not nearly as quiet as the liquid cooled units. That's for sure. But sometimes, always I guess, you have to pick where to spend your money. If I had insisted on the better, quieter unit, I might have nothing. So to me noisy electricity is better than no electricity.