Customer Reviews for Westinghouse - 5,000-Watt Gas Powered Portable Inverter Generator with Remote Electric Start, LED Data Center - Blue
Customer Rating
4
Seems good
on July 20, 2021
Posted by: Wbrock00
from Hebron ky
Bought this for boondocking. Ran for a while then when I tried to start it again it would die. Took the side off and plugged the carburetor connector back in and seems to be working fine
Bought this generator about a month ago because our electricity goes out so often. Today, I got to use it. I was very happy with how easy it is to start and how quiet it is. It worked great and saved my canning session! I also got a paper saying I qualified for a bonus free cover, but the website it says to go to doesn't seem to have the offer. Sure would love to have the storage cover.
I bought this to replace a Yamaha ef2400. The Yamaha had been almost flawless for 15 years, but we had to be very careful to not overload it with other appliances when the 11,000btu AC unit was running. This unit is the iGen4500 with 3500W rated capacity. I’ve run it about 3 hours with an electric heater for load to cover the specified <50% load break in. It started an ran well. The noise level seems to be comparable to the Yamaha. I think the next 30 hours are not supposed to exceed 75% load. We’ll complete that on our next outing near the end of August 2021. That will also be the first opportunity to run the AC. I’ll update this if possible after that trip.
I bought this generator last month. I love it so far! It runs my camper, one air conditioner 13500 BTU with no issues. I like all the readouts it has. Compact and easy to move at just over a hundred pounds with gas. I did have to take the case off and reattach a connector the came loose in shipping that controls the cold start/choke. Break in requires two oil changes I would recommend doing. I went with synthetic oil. 10w 30.