I am looking for a portable generator. Would like one around the 10,000 watt range . I was looking at generac. Thoughts????

I'm interested, as well. Problem is... my neighborhood has no natural gas lines at all. Everything is electric. 🤦

So I'd need a frickin' loud one that required outside fuel.

The inverter generators are not as loud supposedly.

Also would love duel fuel

Btw going to look at a Colt M-4 tomorrow.

4 Patriots solar generators but $$$$$


:-k

MAC you can go propane 🤔

Trying to stay under $2000

They do have quieter gens, just gonna cost more. A good casing around it with insulation will help some sound too.

Way under haha

Buy several small generators.

Project Farm tested some:

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I actually thought about that also Gene.

Inverters tend to have cleaner power if you need to run sensitive electronics.

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The THD of them is better. That’s why I was thinking of going that route. But really just worried about freezer and fridge.

Pick up a decent generator and have it set up to run the entire household. Had this set up on my last home. Worked great could keep the heat on winter months or a/c if summer months. TV and all Applicance's. Noise issue wasn't that bad. Least of my problems was anyone being bothered by the noise my generator was making. 🤔

Big fan of these. Stupid quiet and tons of power.

https://www.harborfreight.com/generators-engines/generators/over-8000-watt-generators/9500-watt-super-quiet-inverter-generator-with-co-secure-technology-57080.html 

I have 2 of the 3500w inverter generators. I mounted one on the tongue of my camper and it would run AC. Just couldn't do AC and microwave. Bought a second one for portable use and it gets used pretty often. My pole saw is 110v electric so I tow it behind my tractor out in the woods for tree trimming. I take it to job sites when I'm building things. It has about 100 hours on it. The camper one has over 500 hours.

But 3500w is not enough for a power outage at home. It can run the sump pump, fridges, router and TVs. But it can't run the well. That's the downside of the inverter type is they will just shut down if the load is too heavy even momentarily. A standard style may have overload protection but in my experience they're more tolerant of startup loads and only shut down if overloaded more than a few seconds. I'm planning to upgrade to the big inverter generator so it can run the well and I can throw it in the truck for mobile welding. But I may just do an open frame and save $1k because just using it at home I don't care about the noise.