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Woot.com has WEN 56200i 2000-Watt 4-Stroke Gas Powered Portable Inverter Generator on sale for $389.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members, otherwise it is a flat-rate $5. Thanks atistang

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This highly-rated Generator has earned 4.5 stars overall (out of possible 5) based on over 500 customer reviews at Amazon. Comes with a 2-Year Manufacturer's Warranty. Great for campgrounds, construction sites, tailgates or power outages.
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I have this Generator and it have been great. If you don't know about inverter generators they are quieter, more efficient, and deliver a "cleaner" power than your standard generator. I also have a conventional generator that a few of my appliances will not run off of because the power it generates isn't a consistent 60hz like line power it.

Any time this generator is on sale for less than $400 it is a deal IMO

$389.99 and free shipping for Prime members, if you don't have Prime then it is $5 for shipping from woot.com

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I bought this last time. $359 + free shipping at Home Depot. I finally fired it up yesterday to figure out whether I want to return it and go solar for car camping. I'm still debating that. The generator IS nice. It's pretty damn quiet. Yesterday, I heard a 1500 watt generator on some beach bums old van. Holy shit it was so loud, I was like, man, I hope that's not how the Wen sounds. The Wen powered up on Eco mode is quiet. Probably as loud as a small air conditioning unit. About 30 ft away, you can barely hear it. 50 ft and you can't even hear the thing. However, at full load, it is pretty loud. Kinda sounds like a moped. It's nice that you can parallel any generator with them. It's nice to be able to do 2000 watts of surge. Would be good to have when I go full on RV for car camping. Anyways, the biggest issue I have with these generators is they emit a TON of carbon monoxide.

I had it outside and it was super windy. I had my CO detector about a ft away from the exhaust, and it went to full alert (999 ppm) within 30 seconds. From 2 to 3 ft away, it's still around 500+ ppm. That is way dangerous. Even at 7 to 8 ft away outdoors in windy conditions, the CO detector would sometimes detect CO and register up to 100 ppm. From the 2 ft away in the front, though, it wouldn't register anything above 35 ppm, which is my CO detector's lower limit. Although, it's hard to say whether there's unsafe levels of CO. Even 20 ppm isn't good for you. From the sides, I didn't get anything to register. I'm gonna try testing it again on a calm day. But, if you run one of these, get it FAR away from the house or your tent. They did CO studies on these things, and they recommend at least 25' away from the house. CO can seep into windows, vents, and especially air conditioning units and build up in the home. Get a CO detector and NOT an alarm. Alarms only register dangerous levels of CO. A detector will begin to register around 35 ppm and higher depending on the make/model. After doing these tests yesterday, my thoughts are to return it and just go solar.
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I've had this generator for a few years now (mine is more yellow than orange). Everyone back then said it was a Yamaha clone. Still runs great, I'll be using it on a camping trip this weekend.
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I own two of these, this is a good deal. Two of them can be hooked up in parallel to increase power output. these also have a compliant spark arrestor that is legal to use on BLM and National Forest lands.
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blueletterd
06-11-2018 at 06:54 AM.
06-11-2018 at 06:54 AM.
51 decibels at quarter load.
1600 continius watts.
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AnthonyP1912
06-11-2018 at 07:34 AM.
06-11-2018 at 07:34 AM.
I own two of these, this is a good deal. Two of them can be hooked up in parallel to increase power output. these also have a compliant spark arrestor that is legal to use on BLM and National Forest lands.
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nononanette
06-11-2018 at 08:57 AM.
06-11-2018 at 08:57 AM.
Can you parallel two different brands of inverter generators? The answer is yes.

Internet says: "The little known secret is that any brand inverter generator that is parallel capable can be paralleled with any other brand. Honda, Yamaha, WEN, Smarter Tools, Etc."
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kschlege
06-11-2018 at 09:48 AM.
06-11-2018 at 09:48 AM.
I'm buying one so I can charge my iPhone on the go.
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redly1
06-11-2018 at 09:54 AM.
06-11-2018 at 09:54 AM.
Quote from kschlege :
I'm buying one so I can charge my iPhone on the go.
Gas Powered iPhone....YAS!!
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dorkino
06-11-2018 at 10:12 AM.
06-11-2018 at 10:12 AM.
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51 decibels at quarter load.
1600 continius watts.
That's very quiet. Normal conversation at 3' is 60-65dB
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scandihoovian
06-11-2018 at 10:20 AM.
06-11-2018 at 10:20 AM.
Quote from dorkino :
That's very quiet. Normal conversation at 3' is 60-65dB
I've had this generator for a few years now (mine is more yellow than orange). Everyone back then said it was a Yamaha clone. Still runs great, I'll be using it on a camping trip this weekend.
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06-11-2018 at 10:23 AM.
06-11-2018 at 10:23 AM.
Quote from scandihoovian :
I've had this generator for a few years now (mine is more yellow than orange). Everyone back then said it was a Yamaha clone. Still runs great, I'll be using it on a camping trip this weekend.
I have a Predator 4000 sitting in my outdoor shed. Never had to use it, just run it occasionally for maintenance purposes. However, it's *extremely* noisy. So much so that I'd hesitate to use it during a power outage for fear of pissing off all the neighbors. So I'm considering selling it and picking up one of these. Primarily just to power deep freezer and fridge.
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06-11-2018 at 10:27 AM.
06-11-2018 at 10:27 AM.
Quote from dorkino :
. However, it's *extremely* noisy. So much so that I'd hesitate to use it during a power outage for fear of pissing off all the neighbors. .
I've always wondered this, too. We lost power for 5 days last year with Irma and I don't remember hearing generating everywhere, so I was curious how loud these things really were.

I'm tempted by these inverter models, I'm just not sure if it would make sense to get a bigger model or not.
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06-11-2018 at 10:30 AM.
06-11-2018 at 10:30 AM.
Quote from amheck :
I've always wondered this, too. We lost power for 5 days last year with Irma and I don't remember hearing generating everywhere, so I was curious how loud these things really were.

I'm tempted by these inverter models, I'm just not sure if it would make sense to get a bigger model or not.
Well this particular one is apparently very quiet, according to specs. 51dB is not loud at all.
The Predator is 70dB according to doc. Although I'm not sure I believe that because it sounds to me almost as noisy as my mower. But 19dB is quite a difference in noise level. 4x as loud.
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06-11-2018 at 10:58 AM.
06-11-2018 at 10:58 AM.
Quote from amheck :
I've always wondered this, too. We lost power for 5 days last year with Irma and I don't remember hearing generating everywhere, so I was curious how loud these things really were.

I'm tempted by these inverter models, I'm just not sure if it would make sense to get a bigger model or not.
It really depends on your needs. What I ran into with my 4500watt generator is things like my newer TV's, my UPS, and coffee pot are too sensitive to the power frequency. Typical generators don't do the best job at producing power at 60hz without a decent amount of fluctuation. They also tend to be louder and less efficient (they will use more fuel).

So I have this inverter to run a few of the sensitive electronics and use the big generator to power the panel for running lights, furnace(gas) , etc... I ran this inverter generator @ 4:30am once on eco mode I couldn't even here it from in the house. When you need a bit more power and turn ECO mode off the RPMS raise and you can here it from inside, but I highly double my neighbors could.

So in your situation it comes down to what, and how many items you want to run at once. This gen does 1600watts continuous. The 2000 watt rating is for what they call surge. Basically it can product 2000 watts, but only momentarily.

Google generator calculator and you can get an estimate of your needs.
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atistang
06-11-2018 at 11:00 AM.
06-11-2018 at 11:00 AM.
Quote from dorkino :
Well this particular one is apparently very quiet, according to specs. 51dB is not loud at all.
The Predator is 70dB according to doc. Although I'm not sure I believe that because it sounds to me almost as noisy as my mower. But 19dB is quite a difference in noise level. 4x as loud.
On eco mode you can stand right next to it running and talk to someone without raising your voice, I can't even hear it from inside the house.

When you turn eco mode off it gets a bit louder. Probably almost as loud as a modern push mower.
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avalon
06-11-2018 at 11:05 AM.
06-11-2018 at 11:05 AM.
Run Time at Half Load: 6 Hours

so what's the run time on 500 watt eco mode, can it make it overnight without attention?
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