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Fema has just anounced that they will pay for a Generator and are willing to pay about 850.00 for one. I was approved by FEMA for one i was just wondering who makes a quality Generator. Feed Back Please.

Yamaha is really good, when Charlie hit it knocked power out for 4 days and that Yamaha was running 4 days non-stop.  I was looking at the GENERX AIR-COOLED 15 KW for $39.20 a month.  It lookslike a good deal and it runs on Natural Gas.  But for $850.00 get a Yamaha or Honda and you can't go wrong.

You're not goiing to find a yamaha or a Honda for $850. Go to Home Depot Manny, You can get a 7500watt for about $750

A Honda 7000 cost $3.5K. Coleman, PoweBoss and other 5500W brands with Briggs & Stratton engines cost $599 and up to $999.

Thats correct. I should've been a little more clear on my post. You can get a 7500 powerboss or equivelent at H.D for about $750. You will not find a Honda or Yamaha at anywhere near those prices.

Northern has Honda starting at $1800.00 for a small 2000 watt. Generac are some what better, but more money. Look for one that has a oil shut off and warning light. What ever you buy, change the oil at the first 10hr and there on at 50hr. Call me if you need help in finding one.

Kewl guys thanks for the input. I also think that i can get the 850 from fema and use it towards the purchase of a gen. the 15 k was that on portable ?

Manny craptor700 is just a kid. Yes, they do make 15k portable you can pm kawgirl that has one. But I'm sure it will be a gas hog. BJs as diesel 3000watt for $900.00.

deisel... is it quieter... more fuel efft. ????

both... I have a 6000 watts, that runs 4hr per gallon of diesel. I paid $1300.00 on e-bay the best gererator I ever had. 

picked up a 5kw at home depot for 559.00. wanted a bigger one but at the time they didnt have any.  i aint complaining. i rigged it to my breaker panel so i turn on my water heater for about an hour and then i turn on everything else, so its almost like having power. just no central a.c.(have a wall unit a.c. rigged in the house for the bedroom.

Don't forget they will also pay for your gas, I think we got 10 gals a day for 13 days last year plus the money for the generator.  But you have to have the generator there and they check to see if it has gas and oil in it. 
At that time they did not care to see reciepts.

Also and FYI ....My uncle works for FEMA in Virgina at the main office and he thought it was odd that they have not had many calls ???

AGREED. THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK

Honda EN2500(watt) $699.99, eu1000(watt) $789, eu2000(watt) $1079.99, eu3000(watt) $1999.99 w/elect start. EU series are super quiet & use an inverter which produces clean power with no spikes. Briggs & Stratton style generators have problems with running fax machines or computer modems. Larger Honda inverter generators em5000(watt)= $3584.99, em7000(watt)=$3929.99. Honda industrial style jobsite generator eb6500(watt)= $3031.99. I run a small engine shop near Tampa, I also have 5500watt briggs stylein stock. All the above generators are in stock for now. shop #813-677-0326. Sorry but we are not set up for shipping.

They do have portables but were getting it hooked up to are house and running it on Natural Gas.

Well yamaha's are the best but not the cheapest.

Ultra Source 15000 Watt Portable Generator - $1,995  When I try to link to it here it doesnt work, so go to HomeDepot.com (http://homedepot.com) and search "Ultra Source 15000 Watt Portable Generator"

Generac 7,500 Watt Extended Life Portable Generator is the only 7500 waww generator i could find on the home depot website.  You never know they may have others on the floor at stores, and different prices.  Its $1,149.00 (Again linking doesnt work so go to HomeDepot.com (http://homedepot.com) and search "Generac 7500 watt")

Onan generator http://www.onan.com/pdf/standby/s-1381.pdf

Thats what we got :ThumbsUp.gif Awesome ;)

Kawgirl, how many hours per gal?

thats good to hear, because we're looking at getting one.  Last year we ran the whole house (except downstairs air, but we did run upstairs) on a honda 6kw

16 gallon tank offers 10 hour run time at half load

I think it's about 10 hours? We did not need the air so we were just running it for a couple of hours for the hot water heater and using the small one the rest of the time for the frige.
I felt like I was on Green Acres... LOL

38 gals in 24hrs...  are you sure thats right?

YUP

YUP GOT SAME ONE
     
             A LITTLE BETTER ON GAS  BUT CLOSE AND I RAN MY AIR!!

well i bought a coleman for 677.00 out the door from northern, hiram told me about the genrator,i used it and it works great for me...its like 20 amp 6500-7500 some where around there....i had it wire to the house and it work great....except a.c of course....it ran like for 12 hrs. before fueling......and i heard that fema was re umbursting you for generator up to 800.00...i sign up but nothing yet...

So far ive looked into the ultra source, and the pramac 7500, pramac 10000. now its just a matter of specs and noise .
a couple of questions for you guys ?
1. what is automatic idle
2.  ''  ''       ''               voltage
3.  "       "     GFCI outlets
what do these things do and what role would they play in its operation ????

thanks guys

My dad was wondering on buying one but he said that it was non-sense because he would only be useing it in the hurricane season!... NO DA!!

Here is the Specs... http://www.guardiangenerators.com/products/ultra_Specs.asp?NavID=1

1. what is automatic idle...   If no load it automatically goes to idle.
2. what is automatic voltage.... hum, Regulates Voltage Automatically
3. what is automatic GFCI Outlets..... For wet applications

Our 15,000 is kinda loud, even the home standby generator is loud.  Jeff had one at work running for 48 hours and it used 300 lb tank of propane :o
They are about $1,000 more than the portable.

I think your right on 1&2 but not sure on 3.  but 38 Gal. in 24 hrs. seems like a gas guzzler.  I had a Yamaha Gen.  Running on Max. Cap.  for 4 days and burned 25 Gal.  But if your using your A/C and really loading your Gen. It will burn alot.

How many watts? 3 hours per gal on max cap? 

Kawgirl, 80db is on the loud side. here a web site that sell mufflers that will help. http://www.jackssmallengines.com/strapmain.cfm

I got mine at home depot for 2000.00. It is a bit loud and eats up some gas,
But it will run my whole house..

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I think it was this one not sure cuz it wasn't mine it was by older cousins http://www.yamaha-motor.com/outdoor/products/modelhome/459/0/home.aspx

I think it was this one not sure cuz it wasn't mine it was by older cousins http://www.yamaha-motor.com/outdoor/products/modelhome/459/0/home.aspx
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Fuel Tank Capacity 5.5 gallons
 
Continuous Operation at 1/2 Rated Load 8.3 hrs.
 
Noise Level 73.5 dBA

.80 gals per hour over 15gal per day and its little loud too.

How do I go about getting approved for one? Thanks

Fuel Tank Capacity 5.5 gallons
 
Continuous Operation at 1/2 Rated Load 8.3 hrs.
 
Noise Level 73.5 dBA

.80 gals per hour over 15gal per day and its little loud too.
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I remember when you had that generator from Ray,  I think it was really good and strong but very loud.  Like Big-Daddy said it's little too loud.

Yea big-dady is right it was really loud but it got the job done.

Like I said before....you have to already have a generator (must have gas and oil in it...and they will check ;)) and then call FEMA and make an appt.  You will get the price of the generator and money for about 10 gals of gas per day that your power was out, plus any other damage that you might had.

Yea it was really loud..I couldn't stand that thing..I think he needed to replace his silencer paking.