Champion Power Equipment6250-Watt Portable Open Frame Inverter Generator with Quiet Technology

10/03/2024 update: I live in an area heavily impacted by Hurricane Helene, this generator ran 75 hours without a single issue, we were able to take hot showers which was a god send with the humidity, I am so thankful I bought this and was prepared. Most people left our community, we were able to stay and save all of our food in the fridge with this. Great performance from this genset!I recently had a 10 circuit transfer panel installed, I put the hot water heater in the single 30 amp circuit. I knew that this generator should be able to run it, but was slightly apprehensive, as this is rated 5000 watts running, and a standard hot water heater is 4500 watts roughly, so its a real test of the generators output.Sure enough, it ran the hot water heater great, it did get quite a bit louder but thats just how it is when you ask any generator to run at full load. When running with ECO mode on and the water heater breaker OFF, I found the sound level very reasonable, I could not even hear when I was in the front of my house (it was in the backyard) and I have a small tenth of an acre yard (new construction lol). I feel like this generator is probably at the limit of what I would accept sound wise, anything louder is likely to be disruptive to my neighbors as we are all so close together. The clean inverter power is great for my UPS units, they work well on it and do not complain. After I floated the neutral, they kept popping the GFCI when connected directly via extension cord, but the 240 volt twist lock is not GFCI protected, so when connected to my transfer switch, there is no issue. Just something I noticed and wanted to make note of here, if you do convert to floating neutral.Overall, im happy with the customer service (had a video on how to break neutral bond! super easy), the sound level and the ease of use. Good combination of features while keeping the cost reasonable. We dont all have $5000+ for a Honda EU7000, so im glad this exist for a fraction of the cost. If anything im regretting I didnt get the newer model they (champion) just came out with , but oh well, this works great for my needs.

Thank you!We will process your review and publish it within 3-7 business days.CONTINUE SHOPPING5.001/17/2021The power actually went out less than a month after I got itPretty nice inverter generator. I bought it shipped and the box was nicely protective, though the box had some dents and gouges The generator inside was perfect. I took off the shipping pieces, easily mounted the wheels and handle, poured just a half quart or so of fuel, added 5-30 synthetic and test ran it for a half hour or so till empty. Then put it under a cover in the heated garage for safekeeping. I think the 5:30 synthetic is a good choice because it's really not a lot of oil and often in a generator or more oil doesn't get changed very much so it seemed like pretty cheap protection and allows full temperature range operation without having to change the oil. Anyhow less than a month went by and when the power went out I waited 5 minutes for the power to come back on, when it didn't I went out to the garage and then poured in some gas. It's a pretty heavy unit but rolls easily with the included wheel kit and handle. Which brings up an important point, if you're considering a harbor freight generator the wheel kit is extra, on this wonderful inverter generator they include it. There is no electric starter, but I pulled out the manual choke gave it kind of a week pull and it started on that first pull. Keep in mind brand new oil ran just a week or two ago to be broken in and in a warm condition from inside storage, but yeah I was pretty impressed it started right up.Alsoo harbor freight doesn't have a 240 volt inverter generator. And that's really the main reason I bought this, it's the cheapest 240 inverter generator that Will meet my power needs. Would be nice to have one that was a little bit bigger, but then the fuel consumption would be higher. This runs all our winter loads except the electric heat in the greenhouse. We have a pretty efficient updated home with all LEDs and modern efficient appliances and should be able to run AC in the summer if we are careful not to run the microwave and the toaster at the same time. So here we are 6 hours into our first outage and watching the Bills against the Ravens in good comfort. Initially I filled it up to about 7/8 full, there's a good gauge on top of the tank, I ran it for about 3 hours before adding more fuel at that point it was at halfway on the gauge. Using a sound meter app on my phone I verified that yeah it was about 68 decibels at 20 ft about 83 right up next to it. that may be a lower reading than a loud person talking next to a meter, but the constant drone of an engine is pretty loud. Basically as they say it is as loud as a vacuum cleaner or maybe a little louder. All in all I'm very satisfied is I don't think there's another generator that offers inverter technology and 240 volts with the low distortion in this price range. I'll keep this until champion or someone else makes all these specs available in a unit that's enclosed for better sound insulation, don't get me wrong this one's probably pretty quiet for the open frame design and it is a definite buy. In my opinion compared to what else is on the market you're getting much more than your paying, but it's not everything you could wish for, how are you going to get that at a bargain price?

So far it has worked well. Ran it for 5hrs to do the break in on the engine and change the oil. Used once for a few hours to power the house during an outage. Ran 2 fridges, one small window AC and a few lights and ceiling fans without breaking a sweat. The output is steady and no pulsating from LED lights or even much of a dip when a fridge kicks on like with old style rotary gensets. Can’t speak for longevity yet but time will tell. It’s is not as quiet as a closed frame genset. Is just a noisy as my old powermate rotary 5000 at full throttle. It is alittle quieter on eco mode under no load condition. One thing i will say is, these carburetors do not like to sit for very long without being run with fresh gas. It does take a little bit to get it started and to run smooth if it’s sat for a few months. The electronic throttle control on this unit is sensitive to making it run smooth and overcompensates while the motor tries to level out on start up after it has sat. I’d say add fresh gas and run it every month or so for about 10 mins to keep the carb clean