Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $2,680
3%  
Woo hoo!! 3rd Qtr 2025 FReepathon is now underway!!

Keyword: generac

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Robert Kern Made Generators Light and Affordable. Founder of Generac, who has died at age 96, made a fortune on backup power equipment—and shared it with employees

    11/13/2022 9:38:48 AM PST · by karpov · 25 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | November 11, 2022 | James R. Hagerty
    Robert Kern, the son of a Baptist minister from Iowa, set up shop with five employees in a garage in Wales, Wis., in 1959 to make portable generators. Early customers for his Generac Corp. included farmers and construction crews. Soon all kinds of people were buying his generators under the Craftsman brand at Sears stores. Mr. Kern diversified his range to include permanently installed generators for homeowners worried about power outages. Generac also developed equipment providing backup electricity for telecom networks, hospitals and other facilities. The Y2K scare yielded a rush of demand, as did hurricanes and tornadoes. In 2006,...
  • Vanity - Anyone have experience with whole-home generators?

    03/10/2017 8:44:22 AM PST · by Cementjungle · 91 replies
    03/10/2017 | self
    I'm in the process of getting quotes from local companies to install a whole-house standby generator. I'm in southern FL and last year's near-miss with a hurricane is prompting me to move on it now. I had planned to do this anyway since moving here, but all my other projects took first priority... this is my only remaining big project for this home. Anyway... I know I need around 27Kw and, and Generac and Kohler both seem to have comparable products at comparable cost. Both are American made. I had one installed several years back in WA (an 8Kw Briggs...