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Pulsar G12KBN 12,000/ 9500 watt Dual Fuel Portable Generator $799.99
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I have been looking for a generator for my home and came across this one - Pulsar G12KBN Heavy Duty Portable Dual Fuel Generator - 9500 Rated Watts & 12000 Peak Watts. It looked to have good reviews so I set a price alert. I have my transfer switch waiting to be installed to hook it up. Hope I'm not too late as its snowing as I type this here in PA! Hope this helps someone else that"s been looking.
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Although WEN is selling a 6250w surge / 5000w running inverter generator for $685.
https://wenproducts.com/products/...-compliant
The most powerful portable inverter generator I have seen is a Champion 8750w / 7000w inverter generator for $1075
https://www.norwall.com/products/...or-100520/
Although WEN is selling a 6250w surge / 5000w running inverter generator for $685.
https://wenproducts.com/products/...-compliant [wenproducts.com]
The most powerful portable inverter generator I have seen is a Champion 8750w / 7000w inverter generator for $1075
https://www.norwall.com/products/...or-100520/ [norwall.com]
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I want to be able to power; gas furnace, gas water heater, sump pump, gas range, refrigerator, wifi, laptop, and a single light to maintain and acceptable temporary living condition. A 2500w portable gasoline generator (20A x 110v) can do all that and I can just run extension cables to achieve it cheaply. But it takes an hour to setup and I will not bother if I think power will come back soon. ($400 total)
The next step, that I am upgrading to, is having an electrician install a 30A twist lock outlet on the outside of my house cabled to a interlock on my circuit panel. As well as getting a bigger generator (30A x 240V = 7200W) so I would like a generator with at least 7200W running power. That is enough for everything but large appliance (electric ovens / AC units / driers), this takes 15 minutes to setup and can power more electronic devices; TV's , desktop computer, and small appliances. ($600 for electrician and $800 for generator)
The step above that really is a natural gas or diesel whole house stand by generator that can run everything, but assuming not absolutely everything is running at once 20,000w (20kv) minimum. It gets running is a matter of seconds but can cost well over $10,000 to have completely installed ($5000 for electrician and $5000+++ for generator)
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I want to be able to power; gas furnace, gas water heater, sump pump, gas range, refrigerator, wifi, laptop, and a single light to maintain and acceptable temporary living condition. A 2500w portable gasoline generator (20A x 110v) can do all that and I can just run extension cables to achieve it cheaply. But it takes an hour to setup and I will not bother if I think power will come back soon. ($400 total)
The next step, that I am upgrading to, is having an electrician install a 30A twist lock outlet on the outside of my house cabled to a interlock on my circuit panel. As well as getting a bigger generator (30A x 240V = 7200W) so I would like a generator with at least 7200W running power. That is enough for everything but large appliance (electric ovens / AC units / driers), this takes 15 minutes to setup and can power more electronic devices; TV's , desktop computer, and small appliances. ($600 for electrician and $800 for generator)
The step above that really is a natural gas or diesel whole house stand by generator that can run everything, but assuming not absolutely everything is running at once 20,000w (20kv) minimum. It gets running is a matter of seconds but can cost well over $10,000 to have completely installed ($5000 for electrician and $5000+++ for generator)
I'm sure there are a lot of "it depends" but my 22kw Generac setup cost closer to $8,000 installed. I did already have a concrete pad already in place.
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- I call BS on the "sensitive electronics need inverters" comment. modern switching power supplies (aka everything) work anywhere from 90-250v, 50hz-65hz... you can literally run them on anything and they put 12vdc out, period.
- you may, however, notice motor/appliance issues with these that run up to 63Hz -- they'll spin faster.
- dual fuel is where it's at. plumb it into a giant tank (or your house if you have propane instead of NG) and run it forever, never clean a carb, go get gas or refill it.
- also note that motors (like a well or sump pump) pull a LOT of current at startup and can stall a smaller generator. the 3-5x running watts thing is no joke. my 1.2kw pump stalls my 5kw generator. I got a 10kw one to replace it (the $500 dual fuel duramax).
- finally, make sure anything you get has electric start. you don't want a pull cord, especially if you'll eventually get a transfer switch that'll start your generator for you (or want someone less strong to start it)
- ps. yes inverters are more efficient, quieter, often parallelable, usually smaller, but always considerably more expensive