Customer Reviews for Westinghouse - 6,600/5,300-Watt Gas Powered Portable Generator with Remote Electric Start and 30A 120/240V Outlet - Blue
Customer Rating
5
My First Generator
on December 9, 2020
Posted by: RyanR
from Mauldin, SC
Occasionally in South Carolina we have heavy ice storms and even a heavy snow, resulting in power outages. I've never owned a generator but decided it was time to purchase one. This Westinghouse is ruggedly built and has the capacity to handle all the appliance needs I will plug into it.
Arrived three days after ordering. Well packaged, but heavy. Not a one man job wrangling it out of the box and assembling. I suspended it from my tractor’s forks, did the assembly, added oil, and transported to work site. Assembling the wheels and feet was a breeze, and the needed 0.7 q of oil was supplied along with a filling spout. I’m saving that bottle to measure out the 0.7 a in the future. I’ve only run the generator twice, and the first was just a brief test to confirm that Volts, Hz, and use duration display was working. Later I put it to work for a couple hours, and everything seemed fine. What a relief to have battery start. I’m too old to be yanking a cord only to have an engine refuse to start. The generator does have a built-in trickle charger, but I doubt that’s enough to maintain the battery, especially after short bouts of use. I’m getting a small solar charger to keep the battery topped off between uses.