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Congrats on your auction win! Sounds like you have a good handle on how to operate when on generator power. If your 802a were to need repairs the guys here are very helpful in assisting with troubleshooting.

I'm sure this time of year they are and now with 3 hurricanes in Atlantic (Irma, Jose & Katia) that will drive prices even further upwards in potential hurricane prone areas! I have routinely seen really nice used 10-12kw Diesel Onan's going for under $5k at various times of year, at least on...

LitD raises a good point! There are some very good civilian genset options available and they should not be ruled out. Since you have already narrowed your search to the 10 kW range of gensets your next qualifier would be what kind of fuel do you want it to run on...Diesel, Gas or Propane...

The follow on to that is that most people don't understand how truly dependent they are to having electricity until after a 2 - 3 day outage hits them. When food starts spoiling in refrigerator and freezer, they run out of reserve water to flush the toilet and their flashlights starts to dim is...

Considering parts availability...I remember shortly after buying my first MEP-002a and asking here on SS about what the most critical spares were to have on hand. The absolute best advice was to..."buy another unit". No matter what part you stock as a spare you never know what might fail! If...

You gotta determine how you want to operate during an extended outage. Do you want to run as if still on utility power or are you willing to compromise somewhat by not using luxury items (unplugging items or turning off breakers). You need to add up loads of everything you want to run. I put...