Predator 5000 Generator Propane Runtime?  

A real life test...no bs... thank you

That's amazing. I've got a 2500 Champion inverter, and during no power in the freezing cold a couple years ago, it ran ALL night long on a BBQ size tank. In total around 13 hours. Furnace-(Gas), lights, fridge, TV's, Internet routers/switches. Stayed nice and warm. Felt bad we couldn't share with the neighbors, but we did make a huge couple of pots of coffee for them the next morning.

Great vid. No bs unreal testing.. definitely going to go out and purchase one of these now

Awesome video brother! I just traded in my 3500 the other day and got the 5000 to power my welder. Ive never experienced running a genny on propane and its great to see it can keep up with a constant load. Plus, I dont have to worry about my engine and carb gunking up. Thanks for making this video!

Outstanding video, thanks for taking time to do this test and show results. Very impressed. Now that HF is relaunching these I’ll pick one up.

Thanks for the video! It's really good to know how long the propane tank will last in the real world. Just bought the 5000 yesterday & I prefer using propane over gas. I will have 2 full tanks as I prepare for Hurricane Beryl in the Austin, TX area. It should last me a bit longer since I don't plan on running that heavy a load.

i ran mine on propane runs so smooth i love it!!!

This did help. Thanks my man! Will share for ya

Good test,thanks for doing this!

Great video, very helpful and useful info. Thank you for sharing your test on here.

Really appreciate the time you took to do this. I got the Predator 5000 on my list. I'd like to be able to run it at 7,000 ft elevation, I know the output will be reduced running on propane, just trying to calculate how much, not finding a lot of "Real World" information though.

Thanks, very nice test... It would be nice to see you do the same test on gasoline for comparison. Specifications say 14.6 hours on propane and 18.2 on gas at 25% load. You did 9 on propane. Same load on gas should be around 11.2 hours.

I am a RU-vidr Sarasota Tim and I have the predator 5. I bought the original returned it Then bought the 3500 returned it ha ha got the 5000 when it was re-released. I’m getting ready to travel with my Camper 25 Flagstaff 15,000btu ac and make RU-vid content on 1 May, I have both gasoline and 2 15lb bottles of propane. So I asked myself how long would this run on gasoline and your video came up testing the propane while I have a smaller propane bottle that should get me through the night as I’m 65 years old and don’t need to sleep that long and I have the second bottle plus gasoline. It’s gonna be warm and I hope to be able to go far enough north that I will only have to use it parts of the day maybe not even at night if I get north enough I can only imagine having to feed this generator 24 hrs when I’m not driving. Your video was excellent thank you so much. Consider checking my channel, Sarasota Tim 😎

Great video! Thanks for taking the time to do this. Helped me make a decision. Off to H.B. I go!

Appreciate you

Houston here. I just convinced the wife to buy one of these after we lost power after the Derecho storm last Thursday. This just sold it for us.

Great video bud , I’m in Houston and I’m running my Predator 5000 on my home . No Power due to storm that hit Thursday 6pm . It is running half my homes utilities. Lights , 2 Tvs, 5 fans and some small items to charge phone ext. it seems to be running great . I got 10 hours run time on a small 20 lb propane bottle . I was curious to see if I can buy a window unit to run and after seeing your video confirming it could handle it I’ll be making a trip to Home Depot to grab me a small 5000 BTU window unit to run until the lights get turned back on . Thanks

Great video. I purchased one yesterday when they had it on sale. One thing that is driving me crazy abd i hipe you can answer is what is the clip on the regulator for? The one that looks like it can keep a bag of potato chips closed.

I am wanting a quieter generator and stopped by HF to purchase one of these today. I found out that they were $300 cheaper yesterday. Since I only wanted one and didn't need one, I decided to wait until they go on sale again. Is that a standard quick connect or a proprietary connector? What is the black thing between the hose and regulator? Is it really needed? I want to mount one of these on the back of my RV and plumb it in correctly.

9 hrs on that tank isn’t bad. Runs much cleaner, you do lose a little power but there a trade off for everything. Me personally I think I’m just going to stick to running propane through it. Internals will be spotless and I don’t have to worry about adding additive to the crap fuel we have now

Fuel filter in on the wrong end of the hose. It is the hose oil leakage that is a problem.

does it use a standard 1/4" propane quick connect fitting?

I just bought mine two days ago. Are you still happy with yours?

How long will it pull the same load on gasoline?

It goes to show that 25% load is not efficient for this generator. When you are pulling more like 57% load and it cuts you down to 9 hours on a 20 lbs tank instead of the rated 14.6 hours on 20 lbs of propane, if efficiency was the same, you should be hitting closer to 6.5 hours. I suspect near full load you will also see the efficiency drop. So you are probably in the high efficiency band of the generator in this test. There is also the issue of as it cools down at night, air conditioners use less power. So this may not be a valid test. It seems to point to if you are looking to run the generator all waking hours of the day in a real world situation and shut down around bedtime, you probably need more like a 30 lbs propane tank. A 40 lbs tank may not make it through the night as low load still burns a significant amount as efficiency drops at low load. Jumping up to a 100 lbs tank, you may get 2 days of 24 hour run time out of this generator. Maybe push it out to three days if you shut off at night. For conversions, it seems 15 lbs of propane ~= 2 gallons of gasoline in terms of run time.

Any idea if your gen would run a well pump? 100 ft well. I know that wasn’t the topic but been thinking what to do out here in the country if I lost power for a month.

Hey bro. Great video. Called HF about recall and said don't worry keep using?😮

Is the hose/regulator for the propane tank hookup included with purchase?

my gas regulator failed, does anyone know how to get a replacement? I don't even see a parrt number! called customer support and call keeps dropping

Its max nonstop output is 3,600w with LP. So 2K thats about 56%~ of rated steady watts output on LP. . I think if you do a test on gas, you'll find that the size of the gas tank will affect run time, per filling. With larger power loads then the 25% numbers they use to advertise with. 0.01c

Sorry if I missed it, was that filled to 20 pounds, or was it a swap that only does 15?

It seems that gasoline is going to give more run time for less cost. Is that correct?

Im curious if you Can hook up a 100lb tank to this???

Was that 20 or 30 lb propane tank.

How much does it cost to fill up a 20lbs tank where you are?

The Predator 5000 is Recalled and out of stock. If anyone bought one, check out serial number and take it back if a bad unit. Many complaints that they shut off under substantial, but within specs, loads. Until they get this one correct, the Champion 4650 w/ dual fuel and remote start is the ticket. Just as quiet. No issues. If you really want a Predator 5000 they apparently will be restocking a 'fixed' unit Dec 21st.

Is that a 20 pound tank?

You were running just about 60% load

So are you pretty happy still with your purchase ? I keep going back and forth between this and the 9500 .