We just went through our 2nd hurricane (Milton) with this one. Multiple days for each. Now that we're in our forever home, we'll get the hookup installed to run the whole house.
My father-in-law gifted my wife and I with this generator today to prepare for hurricane season at our house. Bought a 30foot 50amp cable and had an electrician install a 30/50amp outlet on the outside of my house with a transfer switch in the breaker panel in the garage. My father-in-law has the same generator and setup at his house and after Ian it was nice to go sit inside the A/C. Generator was on sale at Home Depot, $1600, the cable was $150 and the electrician installation was $975. Well worth the money if you ask me.
Curious what fuel consumption is like. I just bought the tri-fuel 13000 it has not arrived yet and I intend to plumb and connect to our natural gas. I want to do avoid using regular gasoline because I guess it can come up the carburetor. Propane is my preferred fuel I don't know consumption rate. Any thoughts?
Duromax on their website stat that this thing will run for 17 hours at 25% load 8.5 hours at 50% load... I my use and testing ...I'll believe that as I typically run this thing from 11-15 hours in my use before I need to refill with gas... all things said, that is not bad... fill up in morning, fill up at night for a power outage.
The "Splash Oil Cooling" actually refers to how lubrication is delivered to the bearings and piston. The bottom of the piston connecting rod has a "finger" that splashes through the oil in the sump, splattering oil everywhere. If you are going to store the generator for over a month, shut off the fuel (turn it to "Storage" and run it until it quits. this will empty the carb of fuel and prevent varnish build up in the minute passages in the carb.
Watch these vids on people competing to make the quietest gen shed. If you need to operate your generator there are neighbors who will be running their generator at the same time, don’t care how loud it is just keep me warm!
I fell for the whole generator shed bs, and wasted a bunch of money. In the end, you just want power. No one cares about noise when the power is out. Just went 36 hours without power here in Houston last week. Some people had Briggs, some people had standbys. We had our Honda ES6500, which runs like a sewing machine. I will admit, I would love to be able to run the larger of our two ac units, but tossing my Honda for a Duromax probably isnt going to happen.
If you don’t know what splash oiling means, you probably don’t know that synthetic oil that you showed is not meant for any generator until it has had a chance to (break in) meaning seating the rings on the piston to the cylinder walls! My DuroMax is 6 years old and doesn’t use a drop of oil! Ditch the synthetic, put petroleum based oil in it, run it a few times under load for a few hours, if you haven’t ruined the engine you could notice a decrease in oil consumption!!!!
Used one during a week without power. We did about 8 hours a fill up alternating between AC and microwave. At night, it went to about 9 - 10 hours with minimal load. Cooking dinner was done on propane griddle so I think that helped. How do you like the cover? I bought a GenTent, but I a looking at purchasing that style now.
cover is good, makes filling it up with gas a bit trickier - but overall good especially when its raining / snowing. Thanks for sharing and commenting... overall it's been a great generator.
Thanks for the video. Can I ask where did you get the cover from for your generator? Have you ever ran your generator in the rain with that cover on it? Thanks again.
yes for sure ran in rain (and snow) with cover on. no issues. just have to ensure it can breath... here is a link to the cover www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0817GWV8C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
The specifications for the width seem to be a bit smaller than the specifications on the website, you had no issues with the cover fitting? Will be ordering if you recommend 😊
I own this generator and planned on using only propane. After 14 hours it would no longer start on propane. The internet is full of these complaints. I now have to start mine on gasoline to warm up, then I can switch to propane. Thats a bummer because gasoline can become unstable and I never wanted to put gas in it.
I got one of these and I can't recommend it. I wanted the dual fuel so I wouldn't have to store gasoline. So I sold my dependable Honda 5000 got this one. Put it together ran it on gasoline and propane a total of maybe 30 minutes and put it in storage. I did not store gas in in. Took it out today to get ready for winter. I can not start it. Their support is useless. No service center within 300 miles. Total waste of money wish I had my Honda back.
Drink oil? Bro something is wrong. Oil should need to be replaced. It should not be consuming oil. If you are constantly having to add oil something is very wrong.
We just went through our 2nd hurricane (Milton) with this one. Multiple days for each. Now that we're in our forever home, we'll get the hookup installed to run the whole house.
My father-in-law gifted my wife and I with this generator today to prepare for hurricane season at our house. Bought a 30foot 50amp cable and had an electrician install a 30/50amp outlet on the outside of my house with a transfer switch in the breaker panel in the garage. My father-in-law has the same generator and setup at his house and after Ian it was nice to go sit inside the A/C. Generator was on sale at Home Depot, $1600, the cable was $150 and the electrician installation was $975. Well worth the money if you ask me.
Thanks for the video and explanation. Very helpful in choosing a generator.
thanks so much for watching !
Good review. Reviewing options myself as we have also lost power quite a bit these past few years.
thanks for checking it out!
Curious what fuel consumption is like. I just bought the tri-fuel 13000 it has not arrived yet and I intend to plumb and connect to our natural gas. I want to do avoid using regular gasoline because I guess it can come up the carburetor. Propane is my preferred fuel I don't know consumption rate. Any thoughts?
Duromax on their website stat that this thing will run for 17 hours at 25% load 8.5 hours at 50% load... I my use and testing ...I'll believe that as I typically run this thing from 11-15 hours in my use before I need to refill with gas... all things said, that is not bad... fill up in morning, fill up at night for a power outage.
The "Splash Oil Cooling" actually refers to how lubrication is delivered to the bearings and piston. The bottom of the piston connecting rod has a "finger" that splashes through the oil in the sump, splattering oil everywhere.
If you are going to store the generator for over a month, shut off the fuel (turn it to "Storage" and run it until it quits. this will empty the carb of fuel and prevent varnish build up in the minute passages in the carb.
I wish people would do a wave form analysis with these things.
Would using a surge protector be safer for sensitive electronics when using an open frame generator with a 12% THD?
Watch these vids on people competing to make the quietest gen shed. If you need to operate your generator there are neighbors who will be running their generator at the same time, don’t care how loud it is just keep me warm!
I fell for the whole generator shed bs, and wasted a bunch of money. In the end, you just want power. No one cares about noise when the power is out. Just went 36 hours without power here in Houston last week. Some people had Briggs, some people had standbys. We had our Honda ES6500, which runs like a sewing machine. I will admit, I would love to be able to run the larger of our two ac units, but tossing my Honda for a Duromax probably isnt going to happen.
I'm in the city limits, neighbors around, how loud is it and how to suppress sound?
Like others, I wondered about both fuel consumption and how well the unit runs /starts on propane.
Haven't used it on propane. Runs great overall on gas just gulps through it fairly quickly.
Start on gas first warm it up a little turn off the gas valve, let the carb run out of gas , it will start much easier then on propane!!!
If you don’t know what splash oiling means, you probably don’t know that synthetic oil that you showed is not meant for any generator until it has had a chance to (break in) meaning seating the rings on the piston to the cylinder walls! My DuroMax is 6 years old and doesn’t use a drop of oil! Ditch the synthetic, put petroleum based oil in it, run it a few times under load for a few hours, if you haven’t ruined the engine you could notice a decrease in oil consumption!!!!
What oil to break in ?
Used one during a week without power. We did about 8 hours a fill up alternating between AC and microwave. At night, it went to about 9 - 10 hours with minimal load. Cooking dinner was done on propane griddle so I think that helped. How do you like the cover? I bought a GenTent, but I a looking at purchasing that style now.
cover is good, makes filling it up with gas a bit trickier - but overall good especially when its raining / snowing. Thanks for sharing and commenting... overall it's been a great generator.
@@willsfrantz Thanks for the reply. And thanks for the great video.
Have you looked in to the electric start issue at all? contacted company or anything? Curious about their response. Good video.
Thanks for the video. Can I ask where did you get the cover from for your generator? Have you ever ran your generator in the rain with that cover on it? Thanks again.
yes for sure ran in rain (and snow) with cover on. no issues. just have to ensure it can breath... here is a link to the cover www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0817GWV8C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
@@willsfrantz Thank you. I will be ordering one soon. 👍
The specifications for the width seem to be a bit smaller than the specifications on the website, you had no issues with the cover fitting? Will be ordering if you recommend 😊
@@melissabarraza3785 no issues with cover fitting
What about the THD output
12% according to generator bible website
Would it be safer to have sensitive electronics plugged into surge protectors when using open frame generators with 12% THD
I own this generator and planned on using only propane. After 14 hours it would no longer start on propane. The internet is full of these complaints. I now have to start mine on gasoline to warm up, then I can switch to propane. Thats a bummer because gasoline can become unstable and I never wanted to put gas in it.
You mentioned it is "affordable", at close to $1,500, I wouldn't say that it is
Nice!
I got one of these and I can't recommend it. I wanted the dual fuel so I wouldn't have to store gasoline. So I sold my dependable Honda 5000 got this one. Put it together ran it on gasoline and propane a total of maybe 30 minutes and put it in storage. I did not store gas in in. Took it out today to get ready for winter. I can not start it. Their support is useless. No service center within 300 miles. Total waste of money wish I had my Honda back.
Drink oil? Bro something is wrong. Oil should need to be replaced. It should not be consuming oil. If you are constantly having to add oil something is very wrong.
Dirty Power 12% THD. Better For A Construction Site.
Add $300 and get the honda.. Mine only lasted about a year
You mean add like $3,000 and get a honda. No doubt Honda is better but they cost 4 times the price of this unit