Sam's Club has for its
Members: Generac Guardian Series WiFi Enabled 22,000-Watt (LP) / 19,500-Watt (NG) Standby Generator with 200A Automatic Transfer Switch (G007043) on sale for
$5499.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
tunabreath for finding this deal.
Product Details:
- Best-in-class power quality with less then 5 percent total harmonic distortion
- Mobile Link remote monitoring allows you to monitor the status of your generator
- 200 Amp Whole Home Transfer Switch
- Alexa Smart Home Compatible
- True Power Technology delivers utility-grade power quality with less than 5 percent total harmonic distortion for clean, smooth operation of sensitive electronics and appliances.
- Comes with a 10 Year Warranty (must be installed & activated by 6/25/23)
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Like an A/C heat pump it needs a concrete or composite concrete pad to sit on. You will likely need an electrician to connect it to your house and you may need to coordinate with your electric company for certain aspects of the installation like the auto transfer. Unless you have natural gas and get the conversion (I think a conversion is possible) you will also need a large propane tank installed (capacity of 100 to 250 gallons) by a propane company and coordinate with them for filling when needed/ahead of storms, etc. The tank is pretty big and needs to be within so many feet of the generator. These require annual maintenance that you may be able to do yourself or it's around $100 to $150 to have Generac do it. The 10 year warranty seems nice but 10 years of annual maintenance would be better. Finally these generators are big and heavy. I don't think you will be able to move it in place with a dolly.
I had a quote for purchase and install from a Generac dealer and installation was 30% or more of the quote. I never went through with it because installation seemed to be where they were gouging. The coordination with your power company should be free or minimal. Obviously electricians vary by area. I think the dealer had me coordinate with the propane company for install of the tank. I know Lowes sells Generacs. I would be interested in how much they charge for installation.
At the time generators we're on backorder for 6 months or more. Sounds like they've gotten ahead of the supply issues now.
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Like an A/C heat pump it needs a concrete or composite concrete pad to sit on. You will likely need an electrician to connect it to your house and you may need to coordinate with your electric company for certain aspects of the installation like the auto transfer. Unless you have natural gas and get the conversion (I think a conversion is possible) you will also need a large propane tank installed (capacity of 100 to 250 gallons) by a propane company and coordinate with them for filling when needed/ahead of storms, etc. The tank is pretty big and needs to be within so many feet of the generator. These require annual maintenance that you may be able to do yourself or it's around $100 to $150 to have Generac do it. The 10 year warranty seems nice but 10 years of annual maintenance would be better. Finally these generators are big and heavy. I don't think you will be able to move it in place with a dolly.
I had a quote for purchase and install from a Generac dealer and installation was 30% or more of the quote. I never went through with it because installation seemed to be where they were gouging. The coordination with your power company should be free or minimal. Obviously electricians vary by area. I think the dealer had me coordinate with the propane company for install of the tank. I know Lowes sells Generacs. I would be interested in how much they charge for installation.
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It's a first world problem, but when the power does go out it takes about 10-15 seconds to kick on. It's not instantaneous like they make it sound. All of your electronics will reset
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It's a first world problem, but when the power does go out it takes about 10-15 seconds to kick on. It's not instantaneous like they make it sound. All of your electronics will reset
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It's a first world problem, but when the power does go out it takes about 10-15 seconds to kick on. It's not instantaneous like they make it sound. All of your electronics will reset
Also every Wednesday it cycles and does a self start and warm up test run. It has an app I can check on etc. Very happy with ours, installed since 2019.
We almost committed to one of these a few years ago, but balked when the quoted price for the unit, install and all that stuff was like $14k. Add on the yearly warranty and maintenance and you are really paying a premium for backup service. Current battery tech (with subsidies) are getting closer in costs relative to size, but they still come with downsides like lacking a constant fuel source if Solar can't keep up during the day, etc.
Are they efficient (relatively) gas usage-wise? Compared to say a 12.5K homeowner DF unit?
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it will increase your house value at least for 10 % if you wanna sell it , gasoline/propane generators are outdated, on top oil changes and maintenance cost 1-2 times a year
it uses 2.2 gallons per hour at hald load and 4 gallons at full load PER HOUR !
thats avg is 92 gallons a day at close to full load depends on your propane cost thats close to $300 PER DAY ! thats insane !
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