That shed looks better and is built better than my house.

We have used the kzfaq.infoUgkxOTeIs0vv4_9B5hsmnLsk9r930uDQLu_Y for probably 30 hours with our camper and it’s been great! The noise level is really only noticeable when running the AC and other appliances like the microwave, hair dryer, or coffee pot. It’s not huge like other ones and it has wheels so even at 90lbs, I can move it!

The best generator shed I’ve seen.

Get some rock wool insulation. Line the inside and it’s fire proof and would soak up the sound and noise like crazy.

Hope you enjoyed our generator shed! What do you think?

By far the best homebuilt generator shed I have seen.

No one never ever puts a generator that far from the house. It is always on the side of the house. The cable must be huge. The rest of your shed is great. Great explanation. 🙂

That is a nice gen-shed dude. I can only hope to build something that nice.

I built a generator shed just like this one last summer 2022. We had a tornado March 2023 we had no power for 5 days. This design worked great for me, the hinged roof was so nice to add gas and change the oil. I kept the doors shut and the fan kept the shed cool. Thanks for sharing.

Living in Florida without sufficient power to run the A/C when the grid fails gets old very quickly- about 2 hours. One never knows when a severe thunderstorm will knock the power out for and hour or two, or longer. Then there's hurricane season. So I just got a 9500 watt generator to replace my little 3500 watt machine. We were once without power for 4 days. I have two refrigerators and a freezer loaded with meat. Now that I have the power I need, I was looking for a way to quiet my system down, and you just gave me some great ideas. Your gen shed looks great and has enough room for storage of fuel for several days. Thanks for taking the time to make the video and the great ideas. I especially like the way the roof opens so the generator can be refueled easily.

Yes, that's the best way to never have your power go out is to put a lot of work into your project. I did the same thing with a GP6500E but not as elaborate as yours and the power has never gone out again. I can power the furnace fan, refrigerator, lights and TVs with a generac gp2200i in the winter with 115v adapter to the 4 post 30A and just set the generator outside my garage it's so easy. It's so quiet you can't hear it inside the house but no AC during the summer.

went 13 days with no power in 08 when Ike hit Texas, got a genny now, the old type land line never quit and family were able to call us 24/7

Love the shed design, especially the hinged roof. This gives me some ideas for my next project.

I have just finished milling some cedar that I was going to use to make raised beds for the greenhouse. I've decided to build a generator shed like this one and mill some more cedar later. This is a great design.

Looks like a good job and it is quiet, nice.

This is the nicest generator shed build that I’ve seen. 😍

Really like your shed design. I am in the process of building mine and will incorporate some of your design into mine, especially the roof and fresh air intake.

Living down South we deal with the Hurricanes Every year,just got us a nice 8700 as well. This Generator House is great I'm gonna build one for ours as you know they are LOUD. Thanks for sharing

I DO LIKE IT ! I had a generator at my last house. The problem with it was I built it too small. The size of yours is good. Good job. CHEERS.

I only needed my generator 2 hours in the first 8 years of ownership. The freak windstorm in August of the 8th year that knocked my suburban power out for 60 hours had me so happy I had it. Neighbors lost freezers full of meat & refrigerators full too. It paid for itself 3x over that one time. Since then 5 more years it’s been used for 2 4 hour outages. Not terrible but with wife working from home very necessary

Nice looking gen shed, I am getting ready to upgrade our gen shed, we also have the same gen 8750, it has helped us over the years, one time our power was out for 7 days. I am also working on a small solar system, and that also came in handy. Loved the video!

This Generator Shed is very Well Done 👍 and Great job 👍

best example Ive seen. I like the forced intake and exhaust system.

You don’t buy a generator to keep your electricity on, you buy it to keep the electricity from going out. 😂

Looks good! I’d bond the ground rod to the house service ground in case lightning ever strikes in the area.

Excellent video. I am preparing to build a generator shed very similar to yours. I picked up several tips from you that I can use to make my design better. Thank you.

Beautiful property and shed!

Heading out this morning to pick up an 8750 on sale! Great video with several great ideas.

A solar trickle charger to keep the battery topped off would also be a great addition.

Nice design but I would put some angle slats on the exhaust vent to deflect the noise to the ground. Also put some exercise rubber mats on the floor and the doors to absorb the sound.

shed looks awesome. Great job.

That is well built. Like how the roof hinges.

Nice shed, good job. BUT , I would have put it on my deck or at the bottom of the steps because in a severe thunderstorm you gotta trot way out there to start it . Plus way less wire (expensive) but more noise but in an emergency I can put up with noise to have power. Just my flea bitten opinion . I still am impressed by your setup I know how much work you put into that !

Wow, super quiet and very nice looking.

First time seeing this duct fan setup nice

Best gen shed I've seen so far.

I really like your enclosure A LOT. The only thing I might do differently would be to have the intake and exhaust on the respective sides of the enclosure to eliminate as much of the bends in the air flow pipes. Fewer bends make for faster air speed. This would also prevent any exhaust fumes from being pulled into the enclosure. You can also find pistons, similar to what holds the hood and hatch on a car or truck, but heavy duty enough to support the weight of the roof which would make it much more stable than the 2x4 you're using in this video. A sudden strong gust of wind could lift the roof off the 2x4 and allow it to fall while you're under it.

fantastic setup

Great job and thank you for sharing and explaining it so well.

Good job! Thanks!

Quietest gen house video I seen yet. The plastic garden shed ones don't seem to cut the noise that much

Fantastic design and the way it blends into the nature setting is awesome!! Great job!!!

Excellent and beautiful work ! thanks for this video

i was considering the generac or the enphase, but for the cost i could buy 1 generator a year for 30 years.. so im gonna build a generator house, for the emergency,, whenever SCE decides to turn it off i will still have power,,, thank you

if you are running your whole house by code you do not want to ground the generator. your house ground will work fine. as long as you have house ground connected.

Great video 😊

Great info and a nice simple approach. Thanks!

beautiful design and detail!

Nice and quiet

Beautiful looking shed. Great job !

Great design. I converted our 8750 to liquid propane. There's a kit for it on Amazon.

Not sure about Wisconsin, but for here in Texas, I’d put some finer mesh screening over all your vents. Our wasps and hornets here will find a way to get into any structure and make giant nests.

Been two years after wiring a Wen to my house with no power outages. Before that it went out several times a year. I'm just wanting it to go out for a few hours. Start mine up about every month just to charge the battery and hook my welder to it a few times.

Nice job !! Nice house to.

Really like the Gen house. Nice design. Pop-up roof is sweet. Good job. Might want to get a single lug or crimp-on eyelet on that ground wire to clean it up a bit and enhance the connect. How did you hinge the back of the roof? Thank you.

Sweet generator house!

nice shed

Great ideas for my Duromax 12kw. I defiantly like the hinged roof idea. Only comment is the length of cable to house, voltage drop. I keep my 240v 50a service cable no farther than 25ft from house. Just an opinion, everyone has one...lol

That is a bad ass gen house 👍🏽👍🏽

Love the shed. I wish you had maybe included dimensions of exterior wall length and depthfront and back wall height and roof frame exterior length and width.

Set it on sand will make vibration better, not too bad for a Predator gen they are not known to be quite.

Nice work. A lot better than mine.THANKS!!!!

Thats funny how you mentioned when you have it you won't need it. A few years ago Texas had record low temps, in conroe tx it got down to about 9 degrees and 14 degrees two nights in a row. and the power was out for about 72 hours during this cold spell. In my opinion it was one of the worse natural disasters that has happened in the past 30 years. Yes hurricane season the power goes out but its usually warm outside we are too far from the coast to really get hit hard anyway. I don't have natural gas so I had no heat. So that prompted me to get a generator. Its been like 3 years and the power has not went out since. I know that northerners think this is nothing, but down here most people are not prepared for cold weather like that. Most people don't have generators and oil burning stoves for backup. because it usually only drops to about 30 degrees and the power is usually on.

Nice Shed , Better to have it and not need it, then to need it and not have it.

Nice job!! Greetings from Brazil

Pretty good one of the best i seen

Nice.... but if I were you I would upgrade to an inverter generator, because those "worksite" generators will over time shorten the life of any sensitive electronics, which a lot of people don't actually think of as "sensitive". Pretty much everything in your house nowadays has some type of control board in it that it's lifespan will be shortened by a dirty sine wave, and fluctuations in the cycle (60hz). Even a furnace, you don't think about it, but unless it's twenty or thirty years old, it has a digital circuit board that can suffer from premature failure from dirty power. And an added benefit, inverter generators are usually much quieter.

Nicely done my man. Great ideas and just in time for my forthcoming generator rollout.

Nice job

great dog, nice design, pretty complete

Great vid, so helpful and simple thanks

Cool shed...Make one for people with less time and less resources..

Very nice.

Very nice work

Nice job!

Good ideas! I found yours looking for ideas to build mine. Good idea to pipe out the exhaust. Good idea to make it ready for 50 amps. Good idea with hinged roof. I think I'd be worried about the intake clogging with blowing snow in a storm. Have you had any trouble with snow in this design? I think I'll use a vented soffit and skip the air intake. I'd add wires for remote starting, and a battery charger.

An earth ground for the generator is not necessary, assuming you ran a ground between the house service panel and the generator. Won't hurt, but just not necessary.

Reallly nice job

Did a nice job 👍

Nice setup! I just wanted to let you know that the "Amazon link" to the "Electric Mains Return Alarm" is the same link as the "Hour Meter"

Very nice! I have the same generator in a shed that I just bought over the summer. I installed a duel fuel kit so I can use propane also. Propane can be stored long term and easy to stockpile in case the you know what hits the fan. ✌️

Nice shed - but can't seem to figure out how you made the roof lift. It appears you cut the door header and it lifts with the roof. Does this cause the doors or front wall to be a bit unstable when the roof is open? Any details on how the front wall to roof construction was done would be very much appreciated.

The building is nicer then the generator

good job ,sir i am trying get my Generator video on you tube i think it will be a good one

I believe that automatic standby generators are somewhat of a "false economy" They are really nice and convenient - but come at a significant cost: The thing about an automatic standby generator (like a Generac) is that they require yearly maintenance (that goes up in price a little each year) in order to keep your warranty "intact / valid" it's not uncommon for there to be sales where they'll sell the generator with a 10 year warranty but the catch is they won't (typically) include a service contract for the price quoted - I had a 22kW Generac at my previous home for almost 15 years - when we first bought it (then it was about $6800 all in for the generator, transfer switch and installation) the cost for service per year was just over $100 when we moved (in 2018) the year maintenance was over $200 a year and that did not include a new battery if you needed one (which seemed to last about 3-4 years at $70 - $100). The maintenance WAS more than just an oil change (or is supposed to be) - valve clearances were checked and adjusted, the generator was checked for output voltage and frequency and adjusted if needed. Here's what they really don't want you to know or will tell you unless you ask: Most manufacturers really want to have generators replaced after 10 years regardless of how many hours of use and will almost always refuse to warranty beyond 10 years. I'd looked into moving my generator to my new home but between move fees and the fact that I couldn't extend or get a new warranty due to it's age or it being moved it wasn't worth it. You can buy a whole lot of Predator generators - about one a year for less than you would have in a comparable automatic standby generator all things added together. It is pretty nice to have your generator "kick on" after about 15 seconds of there being no power from the street but that comes at a cost. For the difference in price I'll drag the generator out of the garage, get the gas out of the shed, fill it up, connect and do the transfer at the panel. having a nice generator shed really makes things much faster / smoother and the main benefit to this approach is you can upgrade to an inverter generator, one with more capacity - even install an auto transfer switch if you're so inclined - you're not "locked in" to what a particular manufacturer offers.

Love it, but I’m going to build mine that you can walk in and have shelves…also I have solar so I need a battery/generator room with ability to use as small Shop to do basic maintenance on the power system

I know this was a time back but do you know about what the costs were for all the parts to make this shed including the fans, exhaust etc. I realize prices have gone up but wanted an estimate. Will prob buy the plans ... got a genny on order....

Can i ask sir? Is it noisy at the back of the shed, where the exhaust fan placed sir?

Did you connect the exhaust to generator with magnets? Maybe my eyes arent so good, but i didnt see a cooling fan, just an exhaust fan, im i wrong? Overall, very nice work...

Can you please make a video on how to build your shed

I would bet that a 4000 watt would run almost everything in your house that you would want, for half the fuel consumption.... these big 9000 watt generators are good for when you want to run big loads, but probably better off running a 4000 watt most of the time, to save fuel. Fuel can be hard to get in an emergency...

Wow what a nice job! Is that generator enough to run your air or heat?

is it necessary to ground the generator when the breaker panel to the house is already grounded? Basically is it safe to double ground?

Is your generator cable wired directly to the house main panel with the interlock device in place and not to a transfer switch or inlet box? That's what I think you're saying and if so I'm happy I saw this video before buying the inlet box and cable because I really like and prefer this set-up, as it requires just going to the generator shed, plugging in the cord and starting the generator, then back inside. This method is best for my wife being out alone in possibly bad weather, as it will get her back inside quickly. As opposed to her having to get the cord from the shed, then go to the inlet box to plug it in, then go back to the shed to start the generator before going inside. Will it be possible for you to explain how to do this setup? Like explain your method in burying the cable, then that box you have at the house and getting the wire inside. I'd really appreciate it thanks. God bless.

Nice shed, bur right now it would cost over 3k in lumber

Nice job. I have a Wen 875i and am looking at building something similar. I was thinking of a smaller more portable enclosure. Did you go with the intake and exhaust plumbing after doing testing? I am planning on having powerless cold air intake at floor and exhaust through the roof ceiling with as many sound deadening turns as i can get to the rear of roof. Hoping the heat rises theory will keep the generator cool. Most of our outtages are due to snow.

NICE JOB on the generator shed and generator installation! Could you let me know what the "alert alarm" is technically called, and where you got it???? I'm talking about the "thingy" that lets you know when grid electricity comes back on??? Thank you Sir!!!

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Why do you need an exhaust port? Won't the exhaust go out of the box with the fan?

When you had the generator running, I noticed the fan was turning very slow and not fast as it should be. Why wasn't the fan turning much faster?