In accordance with Honda's recommendation, we are one of the few companies to make sure that their NEW Honda Generators are tested (PDI), before they are dispatched. Remove the NEW generator from the box, we start and test it. This is done to give you the confidence that, after receiving your order, you would not encounter any problems.

Control Panel: The NEW Honda Generators are equipped with a ?Standard? digital/LCD control panel. Included in this control panel are all the controls, safety devices and displays, which are required for operating it safely. Also displayed on the control panel are certain values or indicators. Illumination of the control panel is provided on almost all models.

Enclosures: Steel panels and locking doors on a modular structural base frame are used to build weather and soundproof enclosures. A rock-wool layer of insulation included in sound enclosures, accomplishes with the sound attenuating elements, and also complies with the prevailing regulations. A hot ambient air extraction fan is an additional element in the enclosures.

Silencers: Industrial type silencers, which are shipped loose, have been included in ?Open set? versions. Likewise, mounted critical type silencers, with a flexible connector, are included in ?Enclosed? versions. The Silencer/Muffler Product Option window helps in selecting ?Critical? silencers, which are optional on open sets and check out.

Fuel Tanks: An economical fuel use of 0.95 gallons at 1/2 load is another feature of the NEW model. On a full tank, the generator can run for over 105.3 hours. Product Options listed at hondageneratorstore also indicate the availability of single walled (non UL) and double walled (UL) tanks. The day tank, which is a normal provision, is removed in case base tanks have been added. To make the generator a complete operable unit, installation, fuel level gage and fuel line piping are included in tank prices. On special request, special tank versions, with stub up voids, can also be made available.

Transfer Switches: In these generator sets, it is the automatic transfer switch that effectively monitors utility and generator power. In the case of failure or unsatisfactory utility power, the generator set is started, the generator speed and voltage output are checked and the load is transferred to the generator set. As soon as utility power gets restored, the transfer switch automatically gets transferred back to utility power.

For optimum results, a transfer switch of either the same size, or a larger one, in amps than the building service or sub-panel should be selected. This has also to be borne in mind in the case of the relation between transfer switch and the maximum output of the generator that you have selected. Different types of fuel are required for running standby generators and portable generators. In some models, tri-fuel or dual-fuel configurations allow them to switch from natural gas or propane to gasoline, with the use of a hose. With this aspect in mind, a consumer should purchase a generator after determining the type of fuel that is available in his area.

There are no two ways about the fact that generator set is a piece of equipment that is worth every penny spent, and that it will easily run the whole house in case of utility power failure.