Got this over a year ago when Duke Power didn't say anything about rolling blackouts and the text said 11pm instead of AM, our generator had the pull cord assembly break, and it was 9 degrees outside and didn't have time to fix.
The little note to de-rate by 3-5% per 1000 ft altitude appears a bit understated. I could only get about 40 amps out of it before it started wheezing. I'm at 2300ft.
This Generator has all the "bells and whistles" I needed. Is is very well designed in my opinion. The auto start feature is wonderful. The 240/120 Volts option is great. Thanks Westinghouse...
We just bought this and haven’t had chance to use it yet. My son assembled it easily enough. I found it to be just as advertised. I hope we don't have to use it too soon, but if we do have a power outage, I have no doubt that it will provide what we expect with the 5300 running watts. I stressed about power outages every time a bad storm was coming, but now will be at east knowing we have the Westinghouse Generator.
Haven't had to use the generator yet, thankfully. Start it up on the first of each month and it always starts right up. It's easy to pull. As a smaller, and older, woman, I was happy that I can easily pull start it. Very much appreciate that. Thanks for a good product. MaryAnn Chapman