Honda/Honeywell Generator

[WVH1977]

I am currently having my house built and am looking into a generator for it. I have seen one for sale that is a Honda/Honeywell, HW7000EH. The man is asking 800 dollars for it. It has 9 1/2 hours on it and he said they only used it once when the power went out. It has just been sitting in his garage not being used. My new house is 1500 sqft. My builder is putting in a switch for me outside of the house so I can plug up a generator. Is this a good generator? Is it worth 800 if it is in good shape and only used once?

I am not an electrician and don't know a whole lot about generators. I am only worried about running the refrigerator, water and lights. I am not worried about running the air conditioning. Will this generator suffice? I am trying to save some money on this item instead of buying a brand new generator if possible.

Thanks in advance for all responses/suggestions.

 

[buickanddeere]

How about a Kholer or Briggs auto start
Generator when this is a new install .
This way you don’t have to be at home to keep the pipes from freezing , the ice cream melting and the basement flooding .

 

[reb]

The generator sounds to me like a good deal. That is about the size I use to keep my refrigerator, freezer, propane heater and water pump going in a power outage. You will need some way to disable the circuits the generator can't handle. Also a way to connect it and isolate it from the input power lines.

 

[WVH1977]

The generator sounds to me like a good deal. That is about the size I use to keep my refrigerator, freezer, propane heater and water pump going in a power outage. You will need some way to disable the circuits the generator can't handle. Also a way to connect it and isolate it from the input power lines.

It must have been a good deal. He sold it. Only had it listed for a day. The search goes on.

 

[Rebeldad1]

" I am only worried about running the refrigerator, water and lights."

I can run some lights ( whole house is LED), TV and DirectTV and the refer off my Honda EU1000I.
Throw in the Kurig and I need the EU200I The Hondas sip fuel. 5 gallons of gas will last for days .

The bigger gens can easily go through 2-3 gallons an hour. For us we only use the big one just to run the well pump 1 or 2 times a day about 5 minuets a time.

My water ( well pump) as most of them runs off 220v you would need a 4000W + for that.

All these gens are also able to run off propane.

 

[grsthegreat]

My 6500 watt briggs portable has a 5 gal tank that would go between 8-10 hours running power tools and compressors. Heck, my 22kw generac only goes thru on average about 2 gph...usually less unless fully loaded which it never is. When i use a portable generator im always powering up some big tools. If your just going to backfeed a manual transfer switch and just power a few items, a 3,000 watt generator will usually be the smallest unit you can buy that has a 240 volt receptacle that can be used to provide power to both legs in the panel . The honda 1000’s are great units, but only have 110v outlets. Not good to backfeed panel's.

How do i know this.... over 40 years as an electrical contractor and years of installing back up generators. Ive been called in to hook up the quiet inverters to a house, and im not about to create some Frankenstein cord to attempt a crossover.

 

[Doofy]

All I keep for backup is a Honda 2,000I. It will run the water pump, individual freezers, the fridge, some lights and the oil heaters. Power is seldom off for long so I don't mind fiddling around some.

 

[grsthegreat]

All I keep for backup is a Honda 2,000I. It will run the water pump, individual freezers, the fridge, some lights and the oil heaters. Power is seldom off for long so I don't mind fiddling around some.

well water is the most important reason for a backup unit. Here in N. Idaho a well could be 700 feet deep, so most people need at minimum a 6,500 watter to power up the well. It all depends on the depth of the well. Also, most wells here are 240v.

 

[Doofy]

well water is the most important reason for a backup unit. Here in N. Idaho a well could be 700 feet deep, so most people need at minimum a 6,500 watter to power up the well. It all depends on the depth of the well. Also, most wells here are 240v.

True enough. I happen to have a hand dug well with a 1hp Grundfos pump. Pump runs fine with the 2000watt inverter generator. I always think I need a large standby automatic generator but I have never really needed one. We have back-up wood heat or propane heaters and several led lanterns to light. We also have UPS back-up for internet and TV. Also, the quietness of a power outage is a welcome occurrence at times.

 

[oosik]

Over the 38+ years I've been out here I've had three generators. I have a Honda 3000I now. You know, in all that time I've never had to use a generator. Our local power co-op is really on its toes about power outages. They have two hour scheduled power outages - two or three time a year.

 

[TheMan419]

Since it is a new build talk to your electrician. I am sure they have installed plenty. They can help discuss what you want to run during an outage and how much power you need. It also depend on how much load management you want to do. We ended up with a larger unit so that the wife does not need to worry if I am not home. Just fire it up and run stuff.

 

[WVH1977]

I have talked with my builder and will be getting in touch with the electrician to discuss what I need in a generator. I am leaning towards getting one with enough power to run anything I need to in the house. When tropical storms and hurricanes come through we can end up with power out for a good little while. My parents lost it one time for two weeks. It does not happen all the time but when it does it will be nice to be able to run whatever we need to. I am going to be living in Central/East Virginia where we can get quite a few nasty storms during the year.

I am a Honda man and am having a hard time looking at other generators. I have seen a Powerhouse generator with 13000 surge watts and 10000 rated watts at Northern Tool. it has good reviews and will be a lot cheaper than the Honda. I just don't want to limit myself to just looking for a Honda (this is very hard for me to do). Do any of you guys have a Powerhouse generator? If so are they any good?