Customer Reviews for Westinghouse - 12,500 Peak Watt Dual Fuel Portable Generator, Electric Start, Transfer Switch Ready - Blue
Customer Rating
5
Exactly what we needed
on February 3, 2022
Posted by: Susan86
from Central Virginia
Our 18-year old generator no longer runs, and this new generator, with the latest technology (dual fuel) and updated features (electric and remote start) is exactly what we needed as a replacement. Now we don't have to worry if the weather knocks out or power, since we have a reliable, easy to use, and powerful new generator.
I ordered the generator three and a half weeks ago. Just got it today. Everything looks good, haven’t put the oil in it yet Looks like a quality built unit . Had a little oil on the box and frame, probably from when the original oil was drained. I am excited about getting it running, but it is a rainstorm today
We purchased the 9500DF last year. We have been able to use this through both construction projects and weather events. Then we recently added the bypass plug on the house and it's Getting the job done for whole house electricity in our 1800 sqft. space.
I was torn between this and a cheaper brand from a department store, I’m glad I went with this one! Seems like a real good quality product, everything is heavy duty, no cheap parts that I can tell. Love the electric start feature, haven’t used this during an outage yet, but with natural gas , my load isn’t that high. This generator will power my whole house ( minus the A/C). My only negative experience was getting it started for the first time took a lot of fighting. Electric start would not start it, I tried manually starting it as well which would not work. Lastly, I opened the carburetor cover and sprayed some starting fluid in it while it was cranking, and after three tries it fired up and ran well for an hour. Also be sure you use 5-30 synthetic if you live anywhere temps can get below 0. 1.1 quart is not enough oil to get the level within range on the dip stick, it took 1.4 .