Well, they say timing is everything...I got my generator up and running a week ago and had my first power outage last night...this thing works as advertised!
In the middle of the night we heard a crack of thunder that shook the house, and my internal organs, and then i saw my iphone screen come on and it wasn't charging...a few seconds later power indicator came right back on, AC kept running, house operated per usual. Woke up this morning with line power and the generator off. Pretty stoked on this setup!
The Kohler Power website is a little tough to navigate, so here is direct link to the residential section:
https://kohlerpower.com/en/residential/generators/
I went with the 20kW whole home gen with Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) and OnCue monitoring.
The ATS is key because that is the 'automatic' part of this whole thing. Without, you are going out in the storm to go start your generator manually - no thank you.
The OnCue I didn't talk about in the video because the cable is on back order at the moment, but this allows me to connect the generator to the internet and monitor all sorts of usage stats from my phone. Once that is hooked up I'll do another video on that and my updated thoughts on this unit.
Here is another helpful link if you wanna get an idea of cost...the Kohler generator sizer on their website asks you a bunch of questions and then based on your answers lets you know what size gen you need...
https://kohlerpower.com/en/residential/generators/generator-selector#your-home