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frontpagetunabreath posted Mar 18, 2023 12:04 PM
Sam's Club Members: Generac Guardian Series 22,000W (LP) Standby Generator
$5,499
$5,999
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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:
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)
Editor's Notes
Written by oceanlake- The generator itself is $500 lower than the list price. Additionally, the included free 10-year warranty is valued at $1035.
- See the forum thread for additional discussion and advice regarding this deal.
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About the Poster
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:
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)
Editor's Notes
Written by oceanlake- The generator itself is $500 lower than the list price. Additionally, the included free 10-year warranty is valued at $1035.
- See the forum thread for additional discussion and advice regarding this deal.
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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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This kind of sized generator is truly meant to be "whole house." They also make selective emergency smaller generators that are meant to back up a couple of circuits. At 20kW you're looking at "I want to use my whole house when the power goes out, as if nothing's wrong."
He did an awesome job and didn't have an issue with installing a unit that I purchased. It was indeed just dropped on a pallet in my driveway, I didn't expect a third party delivery person to move it where I wanted it.
Another local dealer quoted me 17k to purchase a 22kw and install it. So buying the unit myself and sourcing the install saved a ton.
The natural gas service line running to my meter, the meter and the meter pressure all needed to be upgraded in my case.
Permit fees, gas meter location, gas meter size, (don't ever allow a contractor to tee into an existing gas line ran to a furnace, etc) electrical service, electrical panel distance... I could go on and on.
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About 70 feet thru the attic.
Some people get really fancy with portable generators, essentially making them as integrated and "stand by" as possible; building small sheds with ventilation, remote start, etc etc. Tons of YT videos on the subject,.
1 PW has ~ 13.5kWh capacity (which isn't entirely usable) with 5.8/10kW available. The average home uses nearly 30kwh/day, so unless you're getting 3 PW to the tune of $30k plus a solar install to recharge it, that isn't really a "standby" whole home solution. If you're stuck with it and have the $$ I guess it's OK, but a standby like this, full install, is just a fraction of the price of the PW setup and will just keep running.
I even find it hard to justify a standby setup like this - yeah it would be ideal but even if I do the install mostly myself, there's still some labor and materials involved, best case say I'm $10k all in, for what, the power going out half a day yearly - when I already have a 10/12kW portable that I spent $40 to integrate into my panel. I'd be spending $10k to save myself an hour of hauling a generator around once a year or so. Doesn't sound like a good payback case to me.
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He did an awesome job and didn't have an issue with installing a unit that I purchased. It was indeed just dropped on a pallet in my driveway, I didn't expect a third party delivery person to move it where I wanted it.
Another local dealer quoted me 17k to purchase a 22kw and install it. So buying the unit myself and sourcing the install saved a ton.
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