Champion Power Equipment 8.5kW Home Standby Generator with 50-Amp Outdoor Automatic Transfer Switch

from The Elevator Engineer

As an elevator engineer, I understand mechanical and electrical equipment. I did a lot of research in selecting a backup generator for my residence and home offices. We run two businesses out of our home and power uptime is critical. Here in the California Wine Country, we are experiencing sea...

from lasstss

I have bought 3 standbys over the years. two of them are Champions. They are dependable , easy to install and work great. Accessibility for oil changes is easy, even comes with a drain pan. I have never had to repair one unlike the first from a competitor..Also, they are quiet when running. I hav...

from Gary

This unit seems well made and it fired up without any problems on the first try. Long term reliability is unknown, but I will file another review if any problems show up. The price seems fair, and the unit was in stock! The only low marks would be the Installation Manual - it is not clear in spot...

from Dimitris

This is for the 8.5 kW Home Standby Generator model 100199 (not available on the website but similar to the 100177). It was easily installed and the 12 circuit panel was more than enough to handle all the important things in my home. It was tested by the installers and worked well.

from jf

I purchased a 10199 8.5KW unit and a 102007 200A whole home switch. While not normally packaged together, we had a specific need for a small gen that would meet our electrical requirements and be very miserly on Propane as we have fuel delivery challenges in winter. It took very little work to ma...