Excellent Video. I ran my Kohler for 10 days in Florida after hurricane Ian. Lucky I had a maintenance kit. My Kohler dealer couldn't come out to change the oil. When your running 24hrs a day 150 hour oil change comes up fast. I just ordered more oil filters, and spark plugs.
As someone who's looking to get a whole house generator installed, this is actually the part that's bothering me the most. Not only are you supposed to shut it down every 8 hours to top the oil off, you're suppose to shut it down, THEN WAIT 30 MINUTES FOR THE OIL TO COOL, **THEN** , top off the oil! Imagine every 8 hours telling everyone in the house, sorry, the power is going to be out for 30 minutes. It seems nuts.
@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 I passed and saved the $17k, including having to upgrade my natural gas line from street to house and meter size. Haven't lost power in over a year and making money in the stock market instead.
I had someone give me a quote on a 26kW Kohler, that's supposed to be on 67 db. Honestly, the part that's giving me the most pause is the fact that you have to shut the generator down every 8 hours, wait 30 minutes for the engine to cool down, then top it off with engine oil. I think it's nuts that every 8 hours you have to tell everyone, "Sorry, no power for the next 30 minutes!"
No one ever wants to listen about the oil there's only 4 brands of oil I will use with my NG Generac stand by 100% synthetic Amsoil small engine oil, 100% synthetic Briggs and Stratton, 100% synthetic Kohler and synthetic Generac oil I'm not quite sure if it's 100% synthetic but it's really good oil has similar additive package to the others I mentioned
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This is very helpful! Thank you!
mine comes on twice a month for 20 mins under full load. i love it, runs 5000 sq ft house no issues. we lose power 5-6 times a year. its been amazing.
Excellent Video. I ran my Kohler for 10 days in Florida after hurricane Ian. Lucky I had a maintenance kit. My Kohler dealer couldn't come out to change the oil. When your running 24hrs a day 150 hour oil change comes up fast. I just ordered more oil filters, and spark plugs.
Great video. Would be nice if you mentioned particulars about the type of oil filter needed and if there is a generic type that can be used.
I would run whatever your manual says.
Enjoyed the video. Do you keep some spare parts on the shelf?
What about cleaning the oil cooler? I couldn't take off the cover to get to mine.
Every 8 hours to check the oil is ridiculous, especially in a storm, or if you're handicapped.
As someone who's looking to get a whole house generator installed, this is actually the part that's bothering me the most. Not only are you supposed to shut it down every 8 hours to top the oil off, you're suppose to shut it down, THEN WAIT 30 MINUTES FOR THE OIL TO COOL, **THEN** , top off the oil! Imagine every 8 hours telling everyone in the house, sorry, the power is going to be out for 30 minutes. It seems nuts.
@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 I passed and saved the $17k, including having to upgrade my natural gas line from street to house and meter size. Haven't lost power in over a year and making money in the stock market instead.
I have his exact gen and it's louder than a Harley even with no load. Kohler can't make a muffler...
Same here. I had my installed about 30 yards from the house by the pool heater to minimize the reverb from the engine's exhaust "hitting" the house.
I have a guy coming tomorrow to give me a quote. Is the generator really that loud? Any questions you'd recommend I ask him? I live in SE MI.
I had someone give me a quote on a 26kW Kohler, that's supposed to be on 67 db. Honestly, the part that's giving me the most pause is the fact that you have to shut the generator down every 8 hours, wait 30 minutes for the engine to cool down, then top it off with engine oil. I think it's nuts that every 8 hours you have to tell everyone, "Sorry, no power for the next 30 minutes!"
No one ever wants to listen about the oil there's only 4 brands of oil I will use with my NG Generac stand by 100% synthetic Amsoil small engine oil, 100% synthetic Briggs and Stratton, 100% synthetic Kohler and synthetic Generac oil I'm not quite sure if it's 100% synthetic but it's really good oil has similar additive package to the others I mentioned