I bought this generator to power my house during the extended outages which plague the gulf coast during hurricane season. When supplying generator power through a 50amp inlet to a panel, the max input is 12k watts. Since I'm running on natural gas and the running wattage of this unit on natural gas is 11.6k, this is the perfectly sized unit for my needs. Assembly is easy, minus the "included" natural gas hose. Apparently, Westinghouse no longer ships the natural gas hose, although all of their literature says it's included.

I just bought this, so I am still exploring everything it can do. I have to say for the price it comes in way neyond many others with fewer features in the same category. The dual fuel is a great feature and the remote start is handy. I’m looking forward to seeing what all this is able to handle. It is a workhorse!

I bought this after our old generator did not have enough power to power what we needed during power outages. The WGen 1200DF is a greatupgrade. It actually came during a short power outage and Iwas able to quickly get it up and running and to give it a good test. It easily ran what we needed with power to spare. The generator started up without any issues, was compatable ewith our current transfer switch.

THE BEAST IS WHAT THIS IS. ALL 432 LB'S OF HER. AFTER ATTACHING THE WHEELS AND MANEUVERING THIS THING OFF THE CRATE, IT WAS AN EASY PROCESS TO GET THE BEAST READY FOR FUTURE POWER GRID FAILURES. BOLTED ON THE LIFT BAR, FILLED THE CRANKCASE WITH THE 1.6L OF SUPPLIED OIL, CONNECTED THE BATTERY TERMINALS, ADDED SOME GAS, PAIRED THE REMOTE START FOB. THE BEAST STARTED ON THE SECOND TRY AND RAN WELL. I WILL ADD AS I READ QUESTIONS/ANSWERS ONLINE ABOUT THIS UNIT, I SAW NEW OWNERS SAY THAT AN OIL FILTER WAS NOT DESIGNED ON THIS TWIN MOTOR. I FOUND THE FILTER LOCATED FORWARD FROM THE MUFFLER ON THAT SIDE, LOWER SECTION OF THE MOTOR AN OIL FILTER RESIDES. THIS GENERATOR WILL GIVE MY FAMILY A GOOD SENSE OF SECURITY WHEN THE NEXT HURRICANE HIT MY AREA OF FLORIDA.

The WGEN12000DF is full of features for a generator at this power level. It had dual fuel, many outlets, <5% total harmonic distortion, add starting options. Installation was minimal, just install wheels, add oil, connect the battery and propane tank and push the start button. Very powerful but very heavy with is expected

I bought this generator a week ago with plans to setup powering our 3000sq ft home as a whole house generator. It didn’t disappoint! After several weeks of research and seeking references from those that own portable whole house generators I landed on the Westinghouse Tri Fuel 14500. I liked its flexibility of fuel sources and the setup plans I had included running off our home’s natural gas meter through a quick disconnect setup. This generator comes with both a natural gas hose and a hose with regulator for using LP gas. When the generator arrived my electrician was here installing an interlock switch in my home power distribution panel and 50amp weather rated receptacle outside. I quickly assembled the wheels and rubber feet on the generator and rolled it off the pallet. I had installed the quick connect to the gas meter that morning so everything was ready to go. Before starting the generator I followed the generator manual instructions, added oil, which it comes with, and connected the battery. Next was pairing the key fob . Once I had everything ready I connected it to the natural gas fuel source and started the generator. The generator started up with no issues. As the manual instructions confirmed the generator needed to be run for 5 hours under a light load to allow for break in of critical parts before handling heavy electrical loads. The break in time completed the day. The following day I conducted a power outage simulation. I hooked up the generator to the house through the 50amp locking receptacle with 50amp 25’ power cord. Fired up the generator and flipped the main breaker off on the home power distribution panel. This allowed me to slide the interlock device so I could flip on the 50 amp generator power breaker. I had also flipped off the 50,49 and 30 amp breakers. This was done to avoid placing too heavy of a load on the generator. The generator powered all of the 115 volt outlets and lights in the house with no problems. Next up was to test the generator powering our 5 ton AC with the lights and receptacles on. I flipped on the AC 50amp breaker and turned down the thermostat. The AC started and you could hear the generator grunt once and drop in running tone but know issues! The generator powered everything including the 5 ton AC unit at the same time! What a beast! Keep in mind, I did install a hard start kit on the AC before performing this test to lower the start up amp requirements from the AC compressor. I don’t think the generator would have powered the 5 ton AC without this modification.

Very well protected in shipping and in perfect condition. Using propane only. It fired up very smooth and quickly. In a test, it had no problem running 8 circuits on our panel, including central AC. Have not used in an emergency, luckily, but I feel comfortable it's going to run like a champ.

After much research I settled on this generator. Enough wattage to run my whole house on natural gas, plus I have the options for propane and gasoline also. The low => 5%Thd was a must. the generator it replaces had 12+%, which would trip my battery backups. I have not run it yet as they are installing my natural gas line to the area of the generator tomorrow. I do not plan to put any gas in this generator unless i have to for lack NG/LPG.

I got unit going in gasoline mode by following good directions and it works good . Noise level is no more than my lawn mower and 110v power receptacle works fine. I will check it in Propane mode tomorrow when I get a propane tank. . Dont expect any problems.

I bought it a week ago to prepare for a hurricane. I tried it connected to the house panel with a 50 amp power cord. This thing powers the whole house, 4 ton AC electric dryer, electric stove and water heater simultaneously this thing is a beast love it