8000-Watt Electric Start Gas-Powered Portable Generator with Idle Control, GFCI Outlets and CO Protect

Open box return that was told to me that the weather department went through it to make sure it was in running condition. Although it was a discount of $400 because it was an open box and was told everything was operable after four hours the run time it shut off try to start it electric start didn’t work use pull string. It was in compression stroke and ripped the cord out of my hand breaking my fingers

I ran everything I needed to run my household during these trying times.

It a great generator but a bit noisy aside from that its great for power outages.

very nice product, very sturdy and powerful. Easy installation. had everything needed in the box.

Stable equipment and fairly easy to assemble

When the tornadoes came through our county two weeks ago, my husband and I found ourselves without power for 36 hours. Luckily, we had purchased the Dewalt 8,000 watt generator. Our home is 3,000 square feet, and we have 4 refrigerators and 4 freezers. We had the generator wired into our home. Needless to say, the generator was able to power our entire home and the more-important 4 freezers and 4 refrigerators. With a full tank of gas, it ran 14 hours. I highly recommend this product!

It is easy to assemble and run pretty good

Easy to use. Fuel tank lasted all night. This unit ran a 900 square foot home with central air running. Very happy!

This DeWalt 8,000-Watt Gasoline Powered Portable Generator DXGNR8000 arrived from Wisconsin in perfect condition! The shipping box is double walled and was unloaded to my furniture dolly, making movement to the carport, removing the box sides and installing the wheels and frame feet very easy. The base unit weights 183#, but is very mobile with the lift handle installed. Fit and finish is excellent, construction rock solid and all directions easy to follow. It took me about an hour to remove all packaging, install the wheels\feet and add the lubricants and fuel...ready for it's trial run. I added 2.5 gallons of gas to the tank, as I wanted just a few hours of loaded run time to break in the engine valves and seats and test the generator performance under various load conditions. The battery came with a 13V charge and the engine started in less than a second on the first crank and ran very smooth with no load. As I have natural gas for home furnace, range, stove and water heater, my large 240V needs are just two 3-ton A\C's and an electric dryer. I figured with power management between those 3 large electric needs, this DeWalt Generator, with it's Start-Up Surge power of 10,000 watts, should offer me whole home performance...well, I was right!! With installation of a Thomas & Betts (My el. distribution panel mnf.) ANSI NFPA 70 approved "Mechanical Generator Interlock " kit and a proper NEMA L14-30 coded 240V receptacle and connection cord, I hooked up the generator and was able to power my whole house. The DeWalt generator ran a consistent 122V and with my normal home load {2 refrigerators, 1 workshop A\C, 75% of internal lighting, home entertainment system and various low power 120V computers, ups-supplies and home security systems}, never went beyond 30% wattage meter load indication on the generator control panel. Keeping "one unit off", I was able to start-up each individual home central unit (have two 3-tons) and let them cycle through our living or bedroom side comfort levels. With both A\C units turned off, I was able to power our electric dryer on medium heat. Any one of the our three 240V usages brought the generator load to 70%, thus never attempted to power more than one at a time (power management). Through all of this testing (average of 50% loading), the 2.5 gallons of fuel gave me 4 hours of run time, thus for us, the 7.5 gallon capacity should deliver close to 12 hours of continuous home use! I especially like the Safety CO (carbon monoxide) detector sensor that constantly monitors the surrounding air quality and will initiate shutdown if levels go beyond safe breathing concentrations...Very Nice!! Wish this unit had a cumulative hour meter for maintenance scheduling, however I don't find that a deal breaker...I just simply log in the hours used in the owners manual! In total, this portable generator package seems to have been well engineered and when the need arises, we'll have lights on in-the-house in short order!!!

I got this generator to replace an old 7550 Generac generator that I bought around 2004. This new generator has so many great features that my old generator did not have - and it is downright pretty !! (See the picture below.) It has an overall better design and layout than my old generator - it is so much easier to get to the various components. It has "never flat" tires and it has a run time meter that shows the total hours on the generator and how long it should run on a tank of gas based on the load. It also has a wattage meter that shows the percent wattage being used. For safety, this generator has a CO Protection Shutdown feature. This generator generates 8000 watts and 10,000 starting watts. This is a great generator !!