[RE-wrenches] Kohler 8.5 RMY question

[Dana]

Hey Chris - I am curious how the Generercs are doing I have had nothing but
dead, on fire, or in the shop stories from clients. I only know of one, a 30
KW water cooled that is healthy to this day..

 

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From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Chris Mason
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 6:16 AM
To: Allan at positiveenergysolar.com; RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Kohler 8.5 RMY question

 

I installed two Kohler 12RES about five years ago, before we switched brands
to Generac. The Kohler units had a couple of electrical control problems,
minor issues, easily repaired, nothing mechanical. Residential backup
generators are in one of two states, working, or broken. If it has not
broken down, then it is working. End of story. When the break, you get a new
one.

 

 

 

 

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Allan Sindelar
<allan at positiveenergysolar.com> wrote:

Wrenches,
We sold and installed a few Kohler 8.5 and 11 RMY generators in the first
half of the last decade. We found over the years that followed that they
held up quite well, with very few problems if cared for. 

We have a customer whose off grid system we cared for for about a decade
before she sold her property and moved on. The buyer, with whom I have never
spoken, did little research on the property or the PV system before
purchase, and is now dissatisfied with the system and has sued the seller. I
have been asked to provide some history and guidance to the seller. The
system includes an 8.5 RMY Kohler that, when the property was sold, had
about 2,000 hours on it and was working well, I recall being told. The buyer
has claimed, among other things, that it was "old and near the end of its
service life."

What kind of life have others seen from these units, and how have they held
up in your experience?
Thank you,
Allan

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Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
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