Know THIS before purchasing a generator - Champion 8750 Watt Open Frame Inverter 

This generator appears to be similar to the WEN 8750. You should add this to your video since there are NO OTHER VIDEOS explaining the features and maintenance of the generator.

Great video champ . Spoken clearly and to the point .. love it

AWESOME and informative video my dude

Good on you for finding someone willing to teach you the skills needed to thrive once you've signed an exstision

I always use 30 weight on my generators, and 4Runner. I am in Northern CA and it really does not get too cold here. I just got this generator.

Noticed you have some sort of tent cover set up on your generator. Would love to see a 3 minute video on that. Along with info on where to purchase. Thanks all great information. Important information.

Great video man

cool , thank you sir ! , I just ordered one

Thanks for making the video and tutorial video I have now made up my mind to buy this unit 1st time buyer - I used smaller inverters at work for power tools - but didn’t have the power rating I need - this unit will get me thru a power outage in the event of that happens Question for you What octane (gasoline) is recommended by manufacturer or that you use Thanks Larry

I did a test run on my Champion Power Equipment 100520 8750-Watt DH Series Open Frame Inverter today. Number 1 problem is RFI. If you have AM Radios, then forget this generator. The RFI is no where near as low as my 1990 Honda EX4500 which does not interfere with my AM radios. This Champion 100520 will not be replacing my EX4500. It will remain a good higher wattage back up.

Champion generators are excellent value for the money. Just as important, they have service and parts available unlike a lot of the Chinese clone, "no name' generators. I use both a Honda EU6500 along with an Generlink electronic switch for home backup, plus three other Champion 2000 watt gennies for a multitude of other uses. Honda is a great generator but FAR too expensive versus any of the competition. For my money, Champion is the way to go

Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) needs to be

Talk about the RFI problem.

You should turn off the camera mic LIMITER to that it does not compensate for the two audio levels. The limiter will try to make all sound coming to the mic equal.

If you can get the inverter, do it, but I also think the ‘need’ here is overblown. Virtually all of the whole home (non-mobile) generators sold are not inverted, and you rarely if ever hear about these units being problematic.

Some high efficiency gas furnaces (Trane for example) won't run on an inverter generator (or any generator) IF the ground and neutral are not dealt with properly in terms of bonding. Floating neutral generators do not have the ground and neutral connected at the source of disconnect (the generator) and this poses a problem for certain sensors in the furnaces....if I recall flame detection. The ground and neutral can be connected or disconnected on most generators AT the generator itself. Ground rods also come into play. Does the generator need one itself? Can it just tie into the house rod? If you direct connect the furnace to the gen and nothing else, that's one scenario. If you connect the house with a small transfer panel or back feed using an interlocked 30A circuit breaker (such as those sold by Square D for their QO panels) then that is another unique scenario. You have to study your system and understand the parameters the generator must work in. Test and confirm the plan you come up with and make sure things work right. Heat is the main thing. Most fridges and such don't have the complex sensor array that gas furnaces now have.

It's kinda too late to know this for My sensitive electronics appliance... I have not use the Rigid generator yet since I bought it. Only tested run

I am trying to figure out the width of the frame without wheel attached or the width of the frame at the top of the generator, do you by chance have that dimension?

Which generator do you prefer? This one or the Wen 8750 model?

Where did you get those brackets for the cover thank you

Pretty much the same as my predator generator but I have electric start other than that it’s the same

You state that "pure sine wave" refers to 60 hertz. Not so. 60 hertz is a measur ment of frequency, the number of times a wave form, both positive and negative sides of a full 360 degree cycle, is produced in a one second time span. Pure sine wave refers to the SHAPE of the wave form... versus square wave, saw tooth, modified step, etc. Not being nit picky, but if you give out info, please let it be correct info. Non pure sine wave generators also produce 60 hertz, here in USA.

I've read hundreds of reviews for non inverter backup generators and no one commented they lost an electrical appliance due to a generator without an inverter. How can that be if this is such a problem???????

What model is the generator?

Hopefully it will last Inverters have capacitors. Capacitors have life cycles. Most likely it’s CD 2-10 years besides that great generator.

Is that synthetic oil?

Odd. The Champion, Wen, and Predator 8750 inverters are the same except minor differences like the predator uses a LIfePO4 battery. The Wen and Predator want the oil at the top of the dipstick

This generator is pretty noisy. More than my quiet Honda that I have used for decades. I will build a quiet box or set of baffles for it.

Is this the same model Home Depot carried that’s 9000/7250 watts? That one seems to be an exclusive to Home Depot. Not much wattage difference.