My wife and I chose this generator because we wanted something to power just the necessities during power outages. We are limited by a 50 amp breaker so we had to choose something that wouldn't be too little to power what we demand and wouldn't be too big and expensive have more than we could even use. We have a manual transfer switch at the panel and an external hook up that runs through the 50 amp breaker. If I had to do it again I would have had an additional breaker installed so we could use the 30 amp that this generator could also supply. This generator also has the 2 110v outlets that you could supply something without going through the panel if needed depending on your demand. This is great midsize to large generator for our needs at a good price. We are excited to have this Westinghouse product.
The generator was very easy to assemble and started on the first try. We bought it to run most of needs during hurricane season. It should do the job, but we really hope we won't need to find out