JFoy
Silver Member
Had a Generac 3300 for several years and it did great but ultimately developed an oil leak. Lucky for me, still had two weeks left on the Lowes extended warranty - they opted to just refund my money.
Needs:
240v connector - will back feed the panel via a welder plug.
Dual fuel - gasoline / propane
Minimum 3000 watts
Quality built
Wants:
7000+ watts
Electric start (so the wife can start it)
Concerns:
Mostly clean/steady power so as not to damage newer/modern appliances
Spending too much for rare power outages
Here in the Piedmont area of NC, our outages in the winter come from ice bringing down trees and in the summer, rare outages from hurricanes.
With our new house (mega insulated on slab), I can keep the house at 60F on a space heater.
The Champion Power 3000watt line has all but the 240v outlet. Cost is acceptable Their 7000/8000 watt series has the 240v output but harder to justify the $1000 price tag.
One of my main concerns is quality. Since this would be for power backup, I don't want a surprising failure if I need to use it.
Thoughts / Suggestions?
Thanks,
JFoy
Needs:
240v connector - will back feed the panel via a welder plug.
Dual fuel - gasoline / propane
Minimum 3000 watts
Quality built
Wants:
7000+ watts
Electric start (so the wife can start it)
Concerns:
Mostly clean/steady power so as not to damage newer/modern appliances
Spending too much for rare power outages
Here in the Piedmont area of NC, our outages in the winter come from ice bringing down trees and in the summer, rare outages from hurricanes.
With our new house (mega insulated on slab), I can keep the house at 60F on a space heater.
The Champion Power 3000watt line has all but the 240v outlet. Cost is acceptable Their 7000/8000 watt series has the 240v output but harder to justify the $1000 price tag.
One of my main concerns is quality. Since this would be for power backup, I don't want a surprising failure if I need to use it.
Thoughts / Suggestions?
Thanks,
JFoy