FWIW, I’ve read that a typical portable home generator (probably low-end “consumer” model) only has an operating lifespan of about 500 hours.
>>FWIW, I’ve read that a typical portable home generator (probably low-end “consumer” model) only has an operating lifespan of about 500 hours.
FWIW, I have a 12 year old gasoline generator that I bought new. Nothing special, not a “contractor grade” model or anything. It has probably run 80 - 100 hours in outages, and maybe another dozen over the years in test runs (I try to pull it out quarterly and run it for about 15-20 minutes). IIRC, it was about $500.
From my perspective, I’ve gotten my money’s worth if it dies tomorrow, which it shows no signs of doing.