Appreciate the time, effort and very useful detailed information your video provided. It gives me a much better idea of what one can expect to shell out for a Generac. Also, what you can expect to pay for installation and maintenance. Thanks 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

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I have a 20kW version, installed back in 2014, also on nat gas. I'm up in Chicagoland. Doing annual maint (plugs/filter/oil, I think I'm on my 3rd battery), and only part that failed on the unit was the low oil pressure switch, which leaked. Part was $35. I have had a couple of 24+ hour outages and several few hour outages, and the transfer switch just handles it all. The whole house can run on generator including the A/C, condensing boiler and air handler, but not the induction stovetop and electric oven. I even powered my two neighbors with extension cords so they could keep their fridges going during those long outages. Been worth it, peace of mind, all hard wired with a transfer switch, no gasoline to deal with, safe as no chance to backfeed to the grid. Cheers!

To anyone watching this now, the national average for installation currently is equal to or more than the equipments cost. As well as you will not find a new 22kw for $4800. And remember, this is a piece of emergency equipment, it has a huge convenience factor, but only if it runs flawlessly. With that said, cheap work isn’t good, and good work isn’t cheap.

Great video. One thing I would recommend is make sure to spray around and up the skirts of the generator every so often for bugs. I didn't know this and my Generac generator just gave over a warning when doing the weekly exercise and after paying $190 for a technician to come out they found a huge ant infestation inside of the generator, which if any electrical components fail it is not covered under Generac's warranty. Also I purchased mine from Costco and got a 10% Costco shop card which was almost $1000.

I have a Generac 22kw. Runs everything for our 3000 square ft house. It's worked flawlessly for 3 years. I thought the price was reasonable. I'm out in the country so I also had to purchase a tank ( I went with a 500 gallon buried tank) and of course fill it up. I my total for everything was about $12k Best $$ I've ever spent!

If running for days during a long term outage, shutdown every 12 hours and inspect machine and check oil level and for leaks. Change the oil every 3 days if using Conventional oil, every 6 days if using Amsoil Small Engine Synthetic. If you don't change the oil this frequently, you will pay! It is an Air Cooled engine so oil breaks down fast. I have installed and maintain 4 of these for my family.

If your power goes out for a week,as it can ,the noise of the generator is sweet music!

I have a 16kw unit that I installed and service myself. It has been dependable for over 10 years and going strong. I used to service generators for a living and to me Generac is by far the best.

10:45 Everyone thinks to might be a little bunkers until everyone desperately needs one and now you are a genius.

Thanks for your video! Very informative. We just got our Generac installed last week (just as Fall starts) and we are very relieved to have it. We told our elderly neighbors (who do not have electrical back up) that we would throw them an extension cord so they could charge their phones and keep their refrigerator running if the power goes out on our street. Some folks need electricity to run their refrigerator for their insulin. Some folks may need a nebulizer for their asthma or oxygen machine. When the power goes down, we won't freeze and we will have the opportunity to help our neighbor's too! Besides, adding an all house generator to your home will be beneficial to the value of your home. It is a win-win.

We bought our Generac 22kW unit even before we renovated our vacation house into our permanent home. Paid $4,000 at Lowes when they had them on sale in 2018 or 2019. Had it installed with a 500 gallon propane tank, and our electrical contractor hooked up everything along with a complete rewire of the house. The original wiring did not meet code and was woefully inadequate for the size of the house. Have had zero problems with the unit in the 18 months it has been installed and have it on a two week start-up schedule. Have weathered a number of outages, the longest was about 10 hours. Only thing we need is to put a UPS on the modem for the internet and on the tankless water heater ( found this out while showering when the power kicked off). Best thing we did for living here in the Georgia mountains!

My wife and I bought a house in southwest Florida in Feb 2022 that had a 22KW Generac setup already installed in 2018 (550 gallon propane tank fuel supply). Hurricane Ian came through Sep 28 2022, and my parents rode out the storm and the aftermath at the house. The Generac performed flawlessly until utility power was restored on October 9. Only thing to note was the need to keep checking and topping off the oil level as it ran continuously. We had a digital antenna setup, so my parents were able to stay informed with the local news stations, even with cell and internet service being down.

We’ve had ours 3 years now and not a single problem. Super easy to change the oil, runs it’s scheduled test cycle every Thursday like clockwork. Four bags of cement from Home Depot for the pad it sits on. Bought it online from Global Industrial. These guys where the cheapest. Had a local electrician install the transfer switch and feeder line for $1200. Most of the cost of install is in the copper. Had a local plumber do the propane line to the unit for $400. All in, we did the whole thing for around $7100.

Thank you for taking the time out make this video. I really appreciate it.

Make sure you have the updated firmware that gives you a 12 minute exercise time on the generator. A 5 minute exercise time is not sufficient to remove water from the oil unless you're living in a very dry area. Oil will absorb water. Part of the purpose of regular exercise is to get the oil hot to drive the water out. Unless your generator is being used in an actual back up mode frequently, make sure exercises for 10 - 12 minutes once per week.

Have had one for almost ten years. Zero issues. Change the oil once a year and have changed the air filter once. Runs for 5 min once a week. Still on original battery. Would not be without one. When the power goes out in the winter we’re the only house in our street with our Christmas lights on 😂

Good demo. Thanks. Makes me feel good about my recent purchase of 22KW Generac. This will give me peace of mind come the next Kansas polar vortex which seizes up wind turbines in Texas and Evergy decides to cut our power for half a day during subzero weather, because of the Southwest regional grid agreement. I'm on their customer panel and when asked about the event, I excoriated them. I don't give a rat's rear end what the load on the grid is, they have the infrastructure, or should have, to prevent any shutdowns because of what happens in another state with stupid green energy policies.

Husband and I have been talking about getting a Generac so this video is right on time.

I got lucky and found a 20kw and digital switch on Amazon for $3,500 back in 2015. I did the install my self and had a electrical contractor make the tie in to the meter box. It operates on natural gas. The final cost was about $5,000. During the summer time after a severe thunderstorm it ran for 15 hrs. continually, gas bill only went up $15 that month. I’m sure it will be a good deal higher in the winter. I get no complaints from neighbors simply because I charge their wireless devices for any one that needs it and the neighbor next door gets an extension cord for his fridge and a light or a tv. So far I’m very satisfied with the investment.

Thank you very much for the time and energy that this took to do. Very helpful as I am just starting to look.

I got the 18KW Generac installed in January 2022. My house isn't real big,... around 1250 sq ft, all electric & central air. We set the generator up on propane & they paid for the first tank fill. ( I'm sure they worked it in to the numbers where I paid for it, but it's cool). I'm in south Louisiana. Power can be out for 2-3 days, to a week or more after a hurricane. So far I haven't had that happen, but I am in a rural area and a good thunderstorm can take out the electricity for 2-3 hours. So far it has about 17 actual running hours on it. My computer, TV, modem & router are on ups battery backup systems (cheapies from Amazon) but they do the job. Within 15-20 seconds of an outage, the Generac has everything up and running. With all my goodies on ups, I hardly notice an outage other than lights going out. I did get the maintenance plan. I couldn't be happier with it so far.😃

Best review on these generators I’ve seen. The cost break down is very useful! Appreciate the time and effort. I subscribed.

I too appreciate the tutorial. You did answer many of my questions. Been thinking about this for a long time. I’ll start hunting soon as possible

I'm really interested in getting one of these, but I'm a little leery too. We went without power for 18 days after Ida last year. The heat was horrible, not to mention the humidity. My elderly aunt has one of these, and it gave her a lot of problems the 2nd or 3rd day, and because so many had problems, it took some time to get someone to her house to fix those problems. Generac told her that they have never experienced this many homes all at once using them, and it caused some kind of stress on the systems. I'm not exactly positive what their reasons were. One person on my block, it totally broke, yet another a block away, had no problems at all. As far as the monthly gas bill, yes it was high. My aunt said it cost her a little over $400.00 to run hers for those 18'ish days, and that included the couple of days it didn't run. However, it cost us right around $500.00 for our gas generator. We have ours hooked up to our house, but we cannot run the a/c or our desk top computers. My husband had to sit in long lines in the extreme heat, you can't run your car a/c when idling for hours. So the cost is approximately the same, but you get to stay in the comfort of your home, not in long lines with a lot of pissed off, suffering people. And to top it off, you may sit in the long lines for gasoline, but by the time you get to the front, the gas runs out. If you are lucky enough to have a gas truck waiting to fill up the station, it takes a long time to dump that load. So if the monthly cost of your natural gas bill is your problem, wait until you start paying to fill up your gas cans. And now, with our communist leader shutting down our country's energy, gas is way more then it was last year...

I'm in the get a quote phase and I've looked at a ton of videos on Generac generators. This is the best video I've seen. Seeing all the numbers is really helpful because it told me my first quote for my generator was too much. On to more quotes!

Appreciate your extensive video. This is the kind of information my wife and I have been researching.

Thank you very much for having shared your Generac purchase and experience. Helped a lot to understand it better.

Excellent! Thank you for taking the time to explain this.

dang this is super useful man, appreciate you for going above and beyond!

Thanks for taking the time to put this video out there. It's refreshing to see an honest cost on what a homeowner could expect to pay.

That was a great video, I have seen a few and this really packed in the essentials for someone that really wants to know the bottom line and what it takes to purchase and have it installed. Really nice job, this spring I am going to finally pull the trigger on this.

I have a 10k Generac. Fantastic! Pulls the well and runs the entire house. Service it myself…highly recommmend

My parents experienced a big snowstorm a few weeks ago that killed power in our rural area for 2-3 days (not uncommon). My grandparents, who live 1/4 mile from my parents, had one of these Generac units installed last summer and they only had a brief 30 second hiccup before everything came back on at their house. My parents decided after having to do laundry and cook meals at their house for a few days that they were going to get one of the 24kw models installed ASAP. Thanks for the video, it was very clear and concise and will be a big help to my parents as they are getting theirs installed!

We just had ours installed . I’m grateful for this video

Thank you for making this video your time and your efforts. Appreciate it. Especially breaking everything down. That’s very nice of you. Really considering getting one maybe not as big but definitely would like one

We love our standby Generac, greatest thing we ever purchased. Thanks great video!

Great video. Easy to follow. Kept my interest. No irritating background music. Perfect! Thank you!

I have had one for 2 years and I love it. I live in a very wooded mountain area with trees wiping out power lines often. It is very economical on fuel too.

Thanks for creating the video. We are looking at genrators and you answered all the questions I could think of.

Excellent video. The most informative video I have seen on KZfaq. Thank you!

Mine has run flawlessly for over 20 years on propane. I change the oil once a year myself and it has never failed us. I live in rural NW Washington State and winter power outages are expected 3-10 days at a time multiple times per winter. This is a no brain purchase! Good video. Thx

I just bought a house with this exact 22kw Generac installed. It came with new warranty and paperwork but I had no idea about anything else. Thanks for doing this video! There are lots of generator videos but yours stood out, clear and concise!

Thank you sir for spending your valuable time educating a whole bunch of people - thank you!!!!! I owe you lunch...

Had the 20KW installed about 10 years ago. Has been a great backup and peace of mind knowing you will have heat and cooling depending on season. Our city power department is one of the best and we have few outages, but the handful of times the power has been out, it was great. Thanks for the video and very informative and very accurate information.

This is one of the best videos explaining a product! Thank you for the professional work! I worry it is too loud for our home due to neighbors! Thank you sir!

Thanks, my mind has now been made up because of your most informative review.

Thanks for this info. I live in Florida and with hurricanes and thunderstorms the norm, we have been considering getting one setup. This was extremely useful info!

Thanks so much for sharing the out the door cost info about your generator setup. I really appreciate it.

Very good presentation and detailed! I especially liked the presentation of the cost analysis involved in the installation of the system.

Great info! Thank you for letting us in on your experiences.

This is a great video and very informative. I’m researching Generac now. We’re up on the Red River. Our little county electric co-op did a darn good job during the storm last February but I think we’re going to have a backup in place for future events. Thanks for sharing information about Generator Supercenter, and thanks for taking time to put this video together. It’s been very helpful.

Thank you so much for this review! We've been contemplating for years on getting one but always forget about it when the power comes back on. The last outage lasted 5days!

Excellent video. You explained it like I wanted to hear it, if I didn’t know any better I would have thought you worked for Generac. Once again great job in explaining to us novices.👍🏾

Good over view of the standby generator, and what to look for. Thanks

Great video! This had all the information I was looking for. Thanks for taking the time to make it.

Down here in Palestine, East Texas. Thank you so much for the good information. I'm going for a setup like this for my 2500 sq ft home this year. You really let me know what to expect. Thanks again!

Stumbled across your video. I too have a Generac generator. It's the 20kW version. Had it installed back in I think 2012/13. It's interesting that your house has a dual zone HVAC setup. Mine is about 3200 SF of finished space and I only have a single zone HVAC system. My install also required an upgraded natural gas meter as I have a ton of gas appliances: gas range, gas water heater, furnace, and three gas fireplaces. I don't see it in your install, but mine included two load centers. One for the HVAC and one for the electric dryer. A load test was also performed after the install was complete and the generator kept up fine without a hiccup. One thing I would do for those thinking about having a backup generator installed is to have a UPS (uninterruptable power supply) in place for specific electronics you'd like to have constantly running during the cut over time required for power to come from the generator. I'm in IT and have a ton of network, storage, and server equipment I run that is fed off of a large UPS. The pricing you got is an absolute bargain as I think I paid around $14k for my install all in. And this was cheaper than another estimate I got from another contractor. As far as maintenance, I've done an oil change on the generator myself. It's not that hard and I used the official Generac maintenance kit that included synthetic oil, oil filter, spark plugs, and an air filter. I haven't installed the spark plugs or the air filter. The amount of usage my generator sees isn't much. Other than the weekly scheduled operation of the generator, the generator has only operated for about 3 hours of total use during an outage situation. I may do the spark plugs on the next oil change. I haven't done a valve lash check which is called out for in the manual but the tech that came about a year ago to perform the factory recall said it's typically not needed and if the valve lash is out of spec, I would really hear it. I did replace the factory battery which was around 5 to 6 years old when I did it. Per above, there was a factory recall for my generator. It involved the fuel plenum. At first, Generac would only replace the plenum if it showed signs of rust. But later decided to just replaced all affected units. The tech that did mine said the plenum in my generator was fine but still performed the recall. So it appears, Generac does provide decent customer service at least in my case. I have seen reports of Generac generator failures both in the comments here and else where. Don't know what to think as so far, mine has been running without issue. As to Kohler, I have read up on them and they are another reputable choice. From what I've read, their generators are supposed to be quieter running than the Generacs.

Excellent video! As a fellow Texan, I appreciate your detailed backup power solution video. Thank you for sharing and keep up the great work!

Thank you for the update! We too have been looking at generac .

Thank you, you answered all my questions and gave me enough to make decisions.

Great info and easy to understand for the average homeowner. Practical usable info. Thanks a ton.

Also In Texas. We have already had power outages in this heat. And we went seven days with no power during that snowstorm last year. Great video we are getting one of these thanks

Thank you kindly for the detailed explanation! Just what I needed.

Good job explaining your Generac, we purchased one about 2 1/2 years ago, my wife is on oxygen machine at home and wanted to make sure if the power is out, she has what is needed, good piece of mind. Our house is 2100 sq ft, gas stove and dryer, gas furnace, they did an assessment of what we needed and came up with 16KW, install was one day with three guys, one worked placing the generator, another running the gas line and last one doing electrical, company we used specializes in intalling these units, they have two crews and do 2 installs a day. They did a great job, total cost was just under $8000. Unit came with 7-year warranty from Generac. Some people spend money on boats, fancy cars or vacations which is fine, we spent it on piece of mind. Good luck with your Generac. Something we hope we never have to use.

Much appreciated the information we are buying a 24 kW and have been waiting since last fall to get it

My 22KW unit happened to be running it’s weekly test when I came across your video. Very nice and thorough rundown of the process of getting one of these set up. Pretty much mirrored my experience. Up here we had a holiday ice storm in 2013 or 14 that ruined Christmas and I said “never again”. Couple years later I spent around $7K and zero regrets. Powers everything we have and would power more. My case is stainless steel so will never rust. Peace of mind can be hard to come by these days and this Generac truly does provide it.

Thx you for sharing cost. That gives me an idea of what I need to budget. This video helped

Had a 16000. Kw. Loved it. This is a professional company

Thanks for the video best breakdown on install and cost I’ve seen. Paid 13500 in Oklahoma for same install and same company 7 months ago.

GREAT video. After many many winter storms in the Northeast, and dealing with a portable generator…I think this winter is the last one I want to deal with. If possible, this is what I am leaning towards and your information was a huge help including costs. I didn’t think about the permit needed nor battery replacement, etc. thank you!

I have a smaller version of the Generac. Runs on natural gas, comes on within a few minutes of power out automatically. It does an "exercise" for about 15 minutes once per week. I get it serviced once per year, oil/filter changes and diagnostics check (about $100). Well worth it, it gets used at least a few times per year. Saves you from throwing out hundreds of dollars worth of food... you won't freeze in the winter or fry in the summer. Be nice and let your neighbor run a cord over to their refrigerator...

I have had a 10K generac for @8yrs…fabulous. I service it myself. 👍👍👍 great product

Thank you so much !! This was very helpful ! Wish you and your family all the best !

Great video, thank you. I just endured 6 days without power… never again! Having the same unit installed tomorrow.

Your video is quite perfect, efficiently informative with an excellent presentation. Thank you for the work.

Thank you sir, for your time. Very informative video, i reside in florida, own my home & property, had a power outage for 6 hrs, very unpleasant experience, getting a generac, "nuff said. Thank you again sir.

Thank you, I needed this information as we are looking to get a whole house system.

Nice, comprehensive, and thorough video/evaluation. I appreciate this input. Especially knowing that when you did the load test that you powered everything. My house is right at 3K sq. ft. and obviously, we don't have a "need" to do laundry or some other things, but it's nice to know that you can, if you want to at 22KW.

Thank you for this review. This solidified my decision to get one. I’m in Houston

Very informative video. I sold industrial generators for CAT and Kohler for 30-years combined. One thing I will stress is not to stand in front of a transfer switch with the cover off when it is going to transfer. If something goes wrong during the transfer, all that electrical energy is going to come at you and could be deadly. Glad to hear you are getting annual maintenance, you should do a walk around inspection once a week before your Gen exercises to make sure the oil level is good. Last, if you are in an extended outage, the Gen should be shut down and the oil checked at least every 24-hours. These small generators are built to be cheap and will use oil when running and the low oil shut down may no work as it gets older. If your generator fails due to low oil, your ten year warranty will not cover the failure, my brother-in-law found that out the hard way.

You have a good setup, great details. Thank you.

This is a well-written video containing plenty of pertinent information without being boring. I also live in Texas, a north Dallas suburb, and considering installing a whole house generator that would operate on natural gas. Well done!

Environmentalists told us Texans that "winters were getting warmer" for the last decade, so the grid wasn't winterized. My Generac purred during the 2021 winter freeze.

Great unit, and a good company. Generator Supercenter did our 27KW Generac about ten years ago and it's still running great. I have the annual service plan as well... great peace of mind that when the power goes out, you know your generator will start. We were a little worried last year during the extreme freeze and some areas were experiencing low nat gas pressure, but when we lost power for about 8 hours the generator started and ran fine.

thanks for the informative video. Just ordered the 24kW model.

In the process of researching for my home.. thank you very much for the video!!

Thanks for doing this. I feel that I don't need to see any other video after yours! Just went through an ice storm. No power or water for about 40 hours. I'll get one of these asap. Cheers!

I actually work for generac and this is a really informative video for the public so props to you!

thank you....we are getting one and I appreciate your review. Generatoe supercenter seemed to be the most "informative" of the EIGHT electrical companies I spoke to so after hearing you, we will probably go throug them.

Thank you for posting and the price details. VERY helpful!

Thank you for this post! We have had a couple of power outages which were 8 hours in duration. One where the rain miraculously stopped about an inch from cresting our sump. I ended up getting a back up battery powered sump pump. We have worried about losing power while gone for a vacation or weekend. Not anymore, I have decided to get a generator.

Thanks for your help. Wonderfully done video. Thanks from Western Canada.

Excellent Video Sir. Very concise & full solid facts. Even the title that got me here, is perfect. I'm from Canada, and everything applies to me also... U Nailed it!

Awesome video. I’m also in Texas and our water and electricity was out over 5 days in San Antonio last year during “Snowvid”. We have had frequent power outages in the last few months where we live probably from all the new construction around us. Your video was very helpful for us and I’m going to contact a local company to help us purchase this unit next week. Thank you

I went with a smaller 12kw Briggs and Stratton unit. Price was a consideration but so is fuel consumption. I did some of the grunt work on our installation, with permits, all in we spent a little over $8500. We are on propane, in the foothills of California's and a 22kw generator would empty a 250gallon propane tank in about 3 to 4 days. We had a sub panel installed and brought over all circuits except for the dryer and oven. In a big snow storm or some other weather event getting a fuel delivery can be a big problem. Our 2500 Sq. ft home operates smoothly winter or summer. In the 3+ years we've had the whole house generator, it's operated almost 400 hours flawlessly.

Glad I found your video. I’ve just ordered a 24kw LP Generac for delivery in 4-5 months and compared three dealers, one for a Kohler 20kw and 2 Generac. I’m impressed with the detail you provided so it makes me feel confident the price I’m paying for the same setup is good. My quote is for the same as your setup but for the newer 24kw, have to look to see what I’m getting for service, but total was $10.7k. Although I do have to add a 500 gal tank and fill it for another $1400 (leased) or $3,800 (purchased). AND…because of your video, I think I’m going to post a similar video from start to finish as mine is installed in a few months - praying for no major outages until at least Spring.

Great video. Just had our 22 kw Generac installed yesterday. Runs off our propane tank. Can rest easy now especially since we are on a well that needs electricity!

Thank you for this info. You answered so many of the questions I had.

Bought a whole house generator a couple years ago and installer gave us the option of Generac and Cummins. We went with Cummins because it was a little more powerful and was a $1000 cheaper. So far we r very happy w our Cummins.