Generator Selection?

[Industrial Toys]

Read, the world no longer wants or needs our used clothing. Bad for people that feel better donating their clothing as an excuse to buy new fashion.

 

[grsthegreat]

That's pretty close to the old. If I can order a 15 for 3200, I may cancel the order for the 16 at 3700. I wasn't sure if a 13 would do. They're not showing up on retail sites yet though.

Have you seen specs to know if there are functional advantages?

nothing is available right now, but look at generatorsdirect.com

 

[Popgadget]

I think you meant-
electricgeneratorsdirect.com

That’s where I got my 22kw back in august, it was delivered about 10 days after I placed the order. I bought a 100 amp Generac ATS in September that was about ten days as well. I think that I lucked out with my timing.

 

[ultrarunner]

He say is good luck for him if water pipes wasn't pulled out & scrapped. Bank scared to put For Sale sign out front cause house will get stripped of copper and drowned.

Huge problem including furnace, water heater, windows,etc... can disappear in a night.

 

[grsthegreat]

I think you meant-
electricgeneratorsdirect.com

That’s where I got my 22kw back in august, it was delivered about 10 days after I placed the order. I bought a 100 amp Generac ATS in September that was about ten days as well. I think that I lucked out with my timing.

ya, that must be it. i order my generators directly from Generac. but they have to be drop shipped to my shop.

you lucked out. i ordered a generator in September, and no matter where i checked, NO ONE had one in stock. im still waiting on a 22KW gen. the switch showed up and i already installed that. it was a special switch. a 200 amp auto transfer WITH a 20/40 space panel. it also has a feed thru for full 200 amps. i thought i would get that sooner as its a specialty switch. wrongo

 

[Popgadget]

I think that it worked to my advantage that I didn’t need a switch, I used my existing Onan OT switch. All of the units with switches were backordered.

 

[grsthegreat]

I think that it worked to my advantage that I didn’t need a switch, I used my existing Onan OT switch. All of the units with switches were backordered.

did you just change the generator to a 2 wire setup?

 

[Diggin It]

Can't put my finger on it, but that generator site kind of gets the hairs on the back of my neck up. Don't believe I'd order from there.

I saw a 14 there with a 'New' icon, but no 15. Also it only shows a 5 year warranty. What happened to the 10 year?

 

[Popgadget]

did you just change the generator to a 2 wire setup?

Not exactly. I used the two wire start signal from the OT to open a relay supplying the 240v sense signal to the generator. That way I can take advantage of the much better line monitoring of the OT. Of course, if there is a total failure of utility power, the generator would start regardless. The 12v start signal from the OT also switches a Generac switch in my shop through a time delay relay, so the generator provides power there as well.

 

[grsthegreat]

Not exactly. I used the two wire start signal from the OT to open a relay supplying the 240v sense signal to the generator. That way I can take advantage of the much better line monitoring of the OT. Of course, if there is a total failure of utility power, the generator would start regardless. The 12v start signal from the OT also switches a Generac switch in my shop through a time delay relay, so the generator provides power there as well.

ok, i see. i have switched some generacs to run on other brand switches. simply change programming in controller to 2 wire start and add a set of wires. but than it gets involved with the battery charge circuit issues. i wish all manufacturers would either stick with a smart switch or a dumb switch. it makes for so many headaches.