I have one and I adapted it to run on propane with a simple conversion kit even my dog could install and I skip the hassle of the gas lines at the station, no thanks, see too many of those hurricanes here on the Gulf Coast to ever want to sit in line waiting for gas. I had a 500-gallon tank buried on the property and don't even touch it, I exercise and load test the gen-set monthy via a large portable propane bottle and don't even touch the reserve till the next "big hurricane" it ain't going anywhere. I manage my power via a manual transfer switch to make it simple and safe. Way more power for my whole house than I really need.
I took it to a dealer in town because it had a missing sound in it. I only had .4 hours on it. Now the miss is going away because I have been running it for hours at a time for a break in period. I have had the Electrician hook up the needed wiring to the house and it works great. I can run everything in the house that needs to run during a emergency.
You can switch the circuit panel around so that each winding is balanced. For example you might have your AC on one side of the panel run by one winding and the furnace fan on another side running on the other winding with the a number of kitchen appliances like your refrigerator and freezer, etc. Best to determine what is likely to be used in a typical application. This is a beast of a generator you have however if your oven, dryer are AC and the HVAC is running you can run out of watts. Balancing the winding will keep the load on each winding under control so you don't burn out a winding. Once a winding is burned out on the stator it has to be replaced or rebuilt and you can't run 220 AC anymore either just 110 AC since each winding contributes to providing 220 AC. The load meters are very cheap like 70 bucks and are just a coil with wire that each winding goes through. These generators will run at 75 to 80% power all day long but not 100% that will most likely burn a winding out prematurely...
If you use your generator a lot you might consider the load meters that Reliance has. I used a dual meter set up since the Generacs of this size have two windings. It is best to try and keep those windings balanced so that one winding is not overworking pulling too many amps. Also I used a power back alarm again from Reliance since there is not way to tell when power comes back on unless you can sense it set an alarm off. My system is an interlock panel system but if you have a transfer switch you can usually tell when power comes back because one of the circuits not driven by the generator will operate such as a light. They are sure nice machines. Mine is an EXL 10000 and runs my house just fine to include my 3 1/2 ton AC...
Have you tried load testing this unit on your home? I'm moving to north-eastern Florida soon and I've been eyeballing this model for some time now due to the wattage. I'm a little hesitant because of it's fuel consumption and I'm wondering if your experience running your home on this outweighs the cost of gas.
I was watching how much cash I was spending because I knew that I would have to spend 700-800 hundred dollars to have a electrician hook up the wiring properly. Thanks
Great video!! I just purchased this one last week. Only concern I have is the battery is open and is located below the 16 gallon gas tank, if the battery connectors spark for any reason might become a fire hazard, also the on/off fuel valve is just above the battery as well and over time, I have seen these valves leak. I would like to see the battery in some type of vented battery box. Thanks again...
its a really large and heavy unit - how difficult is it to move, e.g. could you move it across 10 yards of gravel on your own? also, most say not to use the idle control when connected to home cause it an damage sensitive electronics - do you use this feature when powering your home?
Maximum watts you can run on 50 amps running on 220 volts is 11,000 watts without tripping the 50 amp breaker. The surge watts on start up of the Generator is 26,250 watts.
Have you figured out that if you do have a lengthy power outage you will need a HUGE supply of gasoline to run that thing? How many gallons of gas would you need if there was a 4 day outage in your area of South Carolina? I hope you use this for more than power outages because this is a lot of generator to have sitting around waiting for an outage to happen.
I made this video 4.5 years ago. It works just fine. I have a 250 gallon tank of gas that I use for my vehicles and generator. I also use cans of Sea Foam motor treatment to keep the gas fresh longer. I put a propane kit on the generator so I could run both fuels. I have a 350 gallon propane tank that is full if needed. Other than a permanent grid down problem I think I have things figured out. The generator is also used to run my electric welder when I need to go help people with welding repairs that they can not bring to me. Thanks for your input.
could you get further away? I only need binoculars to see. You can start an engine inside for a few minutes. It's not an instantaneous death. wow, camera in one position and we have no idea what your pointing out..or what this will run. Can it run a whole house a/c unit with fridge and freezer and lights?
I have an older 17.5k UltraSource 4583 and it runs a 3-ton ac & everything in the house including clothes washer. However I am more particular about using the clothes dryer as it uses gazillions of watts.
red wire to positive, black wire to negative, if you accidentally hooked it up wrong at first, you probably blew the fuse that is hidden high behind the control panel
WELL I HAVE DECIDED TO STAY WITH MY SOLAR KODIAK GENERATOR--CAN'T AFFORD THE GAS OR PROPANE TO GO IN THESE THINGS --IF WE HAVE A EXTENDED BLACK OUT WHICH I THINK WILL COME THIS GENERATOR WILL DO YOU KNOW GOOD --IT WOULD TAKE THOUSAND OF GALLONS OF GAS OR PROPANE TO KEEP IT GOING SO I SAID NO TO THAT
