Whole House Generator

[PLX]

Anybody done this

I'm doing it now at my house, and I'll follow up with pics for anyone who's interested.

We had a big power grid fuck-up here last winter.. not gonna go thru that shit again.

[harddriver]

I'm surprised you waited this long considering how prepped you are PLX.....

I have a Kohler 22KW. Kohler or Generac would be the best one s to get, made in USA. I've heard inventory has been tight from both manufacturers for the last two years.

I lose power usually in the winter during heavy storms, I've been without power for 2-3 days is sometimes so losing power is commonplace here. I have backup heaters in my house as well that require no electricity.

Glad to hear that you a getting one, it adds a little peace of mind.

They just closed down two nuclear power plants by me so that's about 4000 megawatts out of the grid now, I imagine that's part of their plan to drive up power generation cost on the common citizen.

[PLX]

I'm surprised you waited this long considering how prepped you are PLX.....

I have a portable one that has gotten us through many hurricanes back in Houston. I remember during Ike in 2008, we were living in Cypress and we lost power for 3 days. This generator ran 2 refrigerators simultaneously, and paid for itself by saving all the food therein.

They just closed down two nuclear power plants by me so that's about 4000 megawatts out of the grid now, I imagine that's part of their plan to drive up power generation cost on the common citizen.

Yeah, I looked into that.

As it turns out.. constructing your own unlicensed, unregulated nuclear power plant is a felony.

I lose power usually in the winter during heavy storms, I've been without power for 2-3 days is sometimes so losing power is commonplace here. I have backup heaters in my house as well that require no electricity.

Glad to hear that you a getting one, it adds a little peace of mind.

I've been doing a lot of research.

What I wanted was a way to flip a couple of switches and have my entire house powered off-the-grid.

That bullshit last winter destroyed one of my on-demand gas-fired water heaters.

The cost of replacing that water heater justifies the expense of getting this whole-house generator installed.

[PLX]

And so it begins..

[RockyStar]

Nice!

[PLX]

First start after filling crankcase with oil and connecting propane tank.

Electric start. Dual fuel (gasoline/propane), 12kW

[RockyStar]

It looks like that dog will hunt!

[PLX]

50Amp 3 Prong Generator Weatherproof Power Inlet Box

[PLX]

Welder Adapter:

Since this generator is portable, I can use this adapter cable to power my arc welder anywhere on my property.

[RockyStar]

I am liking it!