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    Best gen set for home backup.

    The tires don't hold up well at all. Nothing else deteriorates with time.
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    Best gen set for home backup.

    Small generator sets typically have speed droop type governors. This means your power frequency may vary from 60-63 Hz. This is going to piss off your UPS power supplies unless you have industrial units. Generators with isochronous governors can maintain 60hz but are rare on small gen sets...
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    Best gen set for home backup.

    I wouldn't say the smaller sets inherently use less fuel. I recently downgraded the generator sets in my fleet from 8.1 liter John Deere engines to 4.5 liter JD units. The capital cost was the primary driver behind the decision. Our sets spend most of their lives running at 10kW so the 150+kW...
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