Living in the country has always been a challenge regarding the community power grid. Innumerable power outages have always been the constant. Having a home based business with VPN for remote employees increased the criticality of having an auxiliary power source. Enter the Guardian 22k Generac ! Not only are we now able to power up our house in toto 24/7 with security in the event of a systemic failure...but we are also now protecting our company's ability to service our partner base thanks to Generac and the Guardian 22k. This BECAME a primary component of our business disaster recovery plan....and the install having been completed - we are all breathing much easier now. :) R

Bought the 22kw LP generator in 2016. Just did the regular weekly testing, until night storm took down powerlines in August 2018. Generator came on two minutes later and our outdoors lights, were shining again. House is all electric and was able to do, the daily household chores, plus took care of 40x40 shop, camper and small garage. Ran over 8 hours, before lights were restore, and didn't miss a beat. We were impressed, with the fuel consumption. Our generator is loud, due to echoing off the shop. Glad we had installed it far from the house. After so many hours, will need break-in oil change. Due to insurance purpose, we had an electrician installed the wiring and hooked it up.

Just had the Generac model 7226, 18 kW home standby generator installed and am very pleased with it. The one small drawback is the Status LED indicator light is on the right side of the unit, away from my street view. The unit should be designed to move the Status LED indicator light to the left side of the unit if needed to view it from the street.

Installed in one day, February 2009. Has been very reliable ever since. Programmed to "exercise" for 12 minutes every week and has done so. Maintenance is only oil & filter changes and spark plugs every two years. Have only had to replace the trickle charge module after 9 years of operation. Cost to purchase and install is worth the peace of mind it brings. This units powers approximately 80% of our whole home.

Before you buy a generator try to find the parts manual for it and then try to order a generic part. Good luck. My dog ate the auxiliary shutoff switch so now I've got a useless piece of crap sitting in my yard. One call from the "monitoring" company and then nothing. I tried calling back and they acted like I was irrational. My dog destroyed the cell antenna and literally destroyed the switch. I could easily replace both IF I COULD FIND PARTS.

My husband and I recently had the 22K Guardian home backup generator installed and we are extremely pleased with it and the dealer that installed it was very professional with us from the time we contacted him until the installation was complete. The peace of mind is worth every penny.

I purchased this generator 6 months ago and have spent more time down than running. First was the loss of rpm and won't start on a maintenance run and next the one and only time I needed it the transfer switch failed cause the factory did not fully seat the transfer coil cables. Now after I finally get the new transfer switch test it out and then today on maintenance run I get the great 1505 code and will have to wait again for a service call. Another 200 dollars to have someone come out. I hope the power doesn't go out again. Looking back I wish I never went with Generac, do your research.

Living down south we deal with storms half the year. I was tired of pulling out a portable generator and having it not start much of the time. I had this installed and a week later we had a storm which knocked out the electric at 2 am. It was nice to hear my generator kick on and the hum from it put my right back to sleep. Best investment for my home.

Installed 22kw Generac 4 years ago. 1st two years no power outages, generator only ran in exercise mode. 3rd year numerous power outages, generator worked without a flaw. Powered entire house, neighbors stopped and looked at generator and the power it was generating. Two neighbors have since bought the same unit. Generac makes a good product that lives up to it advertisement.

We just completed our installation of our new 22KW standby genset. The other unit the 16KW was installed in 2009 and still runs fine however, out over all load/demand grew to the point that the 16kw unit was struggling with the load - which is amazing that it still supported over its capacity. They improved the design - adding a skirt for looks and over all I am impressed with the performance of both units. We reallocated the 16kw unit to our garage. Over all this both these units are 5 star. Oh yes get the package with winter start >...