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<blockquote data-quote="OK Corgi Rancher" data-source="post: 3761924" data-attributes="member: 45773">Figured I&#039;d resurrect this thread since storm season is upon us...I wanted a whole-house standby Generac.&nbsp; I just didn&#039;t want to pay for it.&nbsp; Mostly because I can&#039;t!I&#039;d been looking at the Westinghouse WGen12000DF...runs on propane or gasoline and it provides &quot;clean&quot; electricity so it won&#039;t hurt sensitive electronics.&nbsp; But, I read so many bad reviews about Westinghouse customer service it kinda scared me away from it.&nbsp; And the DuroMax units seem good...but the THD rating is too high for my tastes.&nbsp; And I can&#039;t afford a big inverter generator.So I went with this Generac portable I found at Costco last week...just delivered yesterday.&nbsp; It should have enough juice to power the essentials.&nbsp; It&#039;s gasoline only, but it&#039;s less than 5% THD and it&#039;s fuel injected.&nbsp; I already have the panel lockout kit.&nbsp; I still need to get a cord and wire up a 30A outlet.&nbsp; I was worried about where to put the breaker because my panel is completely full...even the available 15A and 20A outlets that could be replaced with tandems...already are!&nbsp; But then I realized we&#039;re replacing the electric kitchen range with a propane range, so...instant spot for the generator breaker.[ATTACH=full]265694[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OK Corgi Rancher, post: 3761924, member: 45773"] Figured I'd resurrect this thread since storm season is upon us... I wanted a whole-house standby Generac. I just didn't want to pay for it. Mostly because I can't! I'd been looking at the Westinghouse WGen12000DF...runs on propane or gasoline and it provides "clean" electricity so it won't hurt sensitive electronics. But, I read so many bad reviews about Westinghouse customer service it kinda scared me away from it. And the DuroMax units seem good...but the THD rating is too high for my tastes. And I can't afford a big inverter generator. So I went with this Generac portable I found at Costco last week...just delivered yesterday. It should have enough juice to power the essentials. It's gasoline only, but it's less than 5% THD and it's fuel injected. I already have the panel lockout kit. I still need to get a cord and wire up a 30A outlet. I was worried about where to put the breaker because my panel is completely full...even the available 15A and 20A outlets that could be replaced with tandems...already are! But then I realized we're replacing the electric kitchen range with a propane range, so...instant spot for the generator breaker. [ATTACH type="full"]265694[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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