Generac engines

[TimberXX]

Toyboy,

Please allow me to clear up any confusion about Generac or the engine in your Generac generator. I've been an employee of Generac since 1995.

The engine in your 20kW Guardian series generator is made by Generac in Whitewater, Wisconsin (in the same factory the generator is made in).

There is no relation between Generac and Briggs and Stratton. They are not connected, and neither holds any interest in the other. They are both just two great Wisconsin companies that make similar products. The reason people get confused is because Generac sold it's portable products division in 1998 to a private equity firm who later sold the business to Briggs and Stratton in late 2001. Briggs and Stratton continued to use the Generac name on the products that business made for several years after the purchase as they transitioned them in the market over to their brand.

Thanks for purchasing a Generac home standby generator,

GeneratorGuy.

How about the smaller portable generators? Are they in fact Chinese?

 

[3930dave]

In the XP line, I'm also trying to figure out if the engines are Made in USA, or the product is Assembled in the USA, with an off-shore engine.

Generac Power Systems - XP Series 8000 Watt Generator with Electric Start

1) I'm not interested in paying a premium price for a Chinese engine.

2) I plan to keep a generator a long time. In 10+ years I expect to still be able to buy Briggs or Honda parts; I'm not sure about Generac's staying power in the small engine game.

Rgds, D.

 

[jonyyuma]

Finding out about the motor might just take a very close personal inspection..Did you know there are now Chinesebuilt Mercury outboard motors here? They can copy about anything they wish???