[RE-wrenches] Backup house generator

[Mac Lewis]

I would recommend talking to the local generator techs. If no one works on
it locally, it can quickly become useless or very expensive to repair.
Warranties are somewhat useless without local support.








Mac Lewis

*"Yo solo sé que no sé nada." -Sócrates*

On Thu, Dec 18, 2025, 6:00 PM MD Electric & Solar via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> We have had good luck with the cummins-onan brand of propane fired air
> cooled generators. You could set the gen to manual run or auto run.
> We have also had good luck with the liquid cooled kohler 24KW propane unit.
> Mike
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM Jay via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I’m
>> Having trouble figuring out which generator to recommend for someone
>>
>> It’s for a home backup. No solar.
>>
>> My friend wants manual start, and either manual or automatic transfer
>> switch. Doesn’t want it to start automatically. It’s in Oregon so not all
>> that cold and low elevation.
>>
>> About 14kw will do, propane powered.
>>
>> Is there a specific model/brand recommended. Most seem to be set up for
>> auto start with power outage.
>> Just wasn’t sure if the ecogen offgrid is the right choice or if there is
>> something else.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>>
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