Home Generators

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I'm looking for some thoughts and feedback on home standby generators as i'm considering getting one.

I've determined i need 10-12k unit to power my entire house with some headroom. I have natural gas so i plan to go that route. I want a whole house transfer switch as not to deal with individual circuits.

So far I've looked at the Generac Guardian 7033:
http://www.generac.com/all-products.../guardian-series/11kw-7033-whole-house-switch

And the Kohler 12RESVL:
http://www.kohlergenerators.com/home-generators/products/12RESVL

I have a licensed electrician and pipe fitter in the family, so this will be a "self" install. On paper is seems the kohler is a better engine and has better controls as they advertise 1% voltage regulation. The kohler also includes remote monitoring with a decent app, the generac one is optional.

My parents have a generac and have not had a problem. There are also a few generac ones in my neighborhood and they were all humming away during our last outage.

Thoughts?

Hi Bigmoose, I work for Champion Power Equipment, we are a generator manufacture that makes both portable and HSB (Home Standby) generators, feel free to shoot me a pm and I can get you taken care of.
https://www.championpowerequipment.com/products/generators/home-standby-generators/