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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Parks 788" data-source="post: 4319230" data-attributes="member: 14646">OK.  Like a fair amount of you, We live out in the sticks.  Between Drumright and Bristow.  2650SqFt house with 30x40 shop 20 yards from main house.  Home is 400amp service.  Home is all electric and between the house and shop we have 6 A/C units with heat.  Also have a big wood stove (not connected with vent pipe yet).  We decided we needed a standby generator after speaking with our neighbor who said they've gone more than two weeks without power about 15 years ago and many more 2-3 day strectchs during the winter.  Neighbor also mentioned when the power goes out our strectch of Hwy 16 is not a priority and is typically last to get it restored.  Our biggest concerns with power loss are winter storms but did lose power a month ago for 3-4 hours during the really hot time. I put in a request for quote to Generac.  Got two companies to give me quotes.  First was a company out of OKC (don't remeber their name)  Sales guy came out and was great.  Provided a bunch of knowledge and gave full quote.  I was impressed.  However, the quote came back at $18K.  The next week Generator Super Center sent their sales guy out and was just as good and helpful.  Explained the full process and how their systems work, etc.  He gave me a quote for $24K.   Both companies said due to the size of our home and being all electric and what we wanted connected we really should be spec'd about a 60Kw water cooled unit.  The big water cooled generator wasn't going to happen so we were quoted their latest and biggest air-cooled 24Kw.  Due to the smaller size generator we wanted we had the upstairs AC/heater locked out and several of the other large appliances are load managed.  Right or wrong, we heard that Generator Super Center/Faith Electric was a great company to do business with and seemed to have great reviews so when they price matched the other company we knew nothing about we we went with them.  As mentioned, our price was $18K.  Our house was not a typical install due to the amount of load management modules we needed and the additional 155' of digging they did to put in the electrical lines from the main electrical panels on the house to where the generator sits.  We also have a 7 year warranty and have full generator monitoring 24/7 by Generac.  We a 1000 gallon propane tank to feed the generator.  This should give us just over three weeks of power if run continuosly and we are a bit mindful of how we live during a prolonged outage.  No, the price wasn't cheap at all, but peace of mind the generator gives us and knowing the value-add to our property makes it very worth it to us.  For those thinking about getting a whole home unit, I'd highly recommend it.</blockquote>

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