Hi All,
I does not look like I will be able to find a fuel cell whole house backup generator for about five more years, so I am thinking of going piston.
Anyone have a recommendation for a natural gas whole house generator that is very quiet and has the least amount of vibration?
Many thanks,
-T
Any idea how many watts you want or need?
Kohler's generator sizing tool
From Consumer Reports:
Champion 100179 $3700. Rating 93 Natural Gas Rating 11,000 watts
Cummins RS13A $3400. Rating 91. Natural Gas Rating. 13,000 watts
Kohler 14RCAL $4250. Rating 90. Natural Gas Rating 12,000 watts
Generac 7224 $4700. Rating 89. Natural Gas Rating. 14,000 watts.
CR just happened to have them rated this month. I can look up the smaller ones if you want.
Thank you!
They forgot the sound levels, unless the rating is the db's.
And I am suspicious as Generac has a really bad reputation around these parts for bad reliability and not working when you need it.
The sound levels are all 3/5. I didn't see decibels anywhere.
The Kohler Power link has spec sheets that provide noise level :
Generator Set Sound Data Model 14RESA 8 point logarithmic average sound levels are
63 dB(A) during weekly engine exercise and 67 dB(A) during full-speed generator diagnostics and normal operation. For comparison to competitor ratings, the lowest sound levels are 58 dB(A) and 63 dB(A) respectively.* All sound levels are measured at 7 meters with no load.The most common ones in my area are Generac - on propane - and you can hardly hear them from the street - unlike the portable generators, like mine .. screamers .. John T.
They are actually running? Just 5-minute tests or power failures?
You can't hear them at all when they aren't running .. :-) John T.
That's good.
That reminds me of OT messages saying "test - ignore". It'd be REALLY easy to ignore that if it wasn't posted.
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