2024 the best home standby generators review
Price: $144.99 - $126.00
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The Generac Load Manager 50A is designed to optimize the performance of your generator during power outages by intelligently managing the load. These modules allow you to prioritize which appliances and systems receive power when your generator runs, ensuring essential devices stay powered while preventing overload.
Efficient Wire-free technology: The Load Manager Module are self-aware and operate autonomously; automatically shedding the managed loads to allow the generator to recover if sensing a drop in frequency
Customizable Load Prioritization: Prioritize essential items during outages by selecting load priorities. With support for up to 8 modules per system, you have the flexibility to manage multiple loads efficiently
Enhanced Lock-out feature: The load Management features a lock out system, which permits blocking of specific loads only when using generator power, allowing for the important loads to be powered more often
Convenient External LED Status: Easily monitor load status without the need to open the electrical box. The Load Manger Modules feature externally visible L.E.D. indicators, providing quick and convenient power management during outages
Load Managers actively monitor frequency (Hz), when the connected load demands more power than the generator or inverter capacity, they initiate configured load management functions through options like delay or lockout
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Perfect out of the box
Review: Arrived fast. This was connected to our wall ovens and the wife was happy to shopping for new ovens until I explained this module was not working and transferring power. Ordered the part, arrived the next day, installed in less than 30 min and ovens work fine. Now my wife wishes she married someone less capable as I am affecting her shopping experience!
Reviewer: Warren
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great price
Review: Bought two of these to shed the load of the hot tub and the A/C condenser unit. Price was substantially less than electrical distributors were charging and way less than an electrician quoted me. Haven't really tested them but several electricians who specialize in generator installs highly recommended this unit. They monitor the line frequency of the generator and if a large load connected through one of these is on and drags down the frequency of the generator, it cuts off the load for 5 minutes so the generator doesn't stall. Useful when your generator isn't sized for the maximum load your home could demand. In my case I have a 14KW generator (Generac) but it is somewhat undersized for my worst-case loads which would've required a 22KW generator. Recommended. Best if installed by an electrician - this is a hard wired device and you should be very familiar with electrical wiring if you are even allowed to do your own wiring in your jurisdiction.
Reviewer: Colorado
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The five stars is for amazon getting it here the next day.
Review: The five stars is also how easy it is to swap out the top board. Took about 5 min. to swap out the top board. Total job with waiting the delay for ac to come back on was about 15 min. Diagnostics previous day was probably about 15 min to see the light wasn't on and check for power at the incoming connections.If it was hot we would have jumpered around the unit until the new board came. They should sell these boards separately considering how often they go out based on the other reviews. This is our first failure and it was at about 3 yrs since install.1st pic. old board with burn mark on the back of it.2nd pic. front of old board where you can see dark area around likely failed component.
Reviewer: bertgh
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Generac 50a load management Assy.
Review: PERFACT - ordered 10/19/24 and received the next day on a Sunday. The only thing that was wrong with my LMD was the printed circuit board which is not available alone. I made failed unit work by removing PCB that allowed 220v NC relay to relax and allowed current through relay to appliance.Thank you again Amazon for coming to my rescue. You are the best!
Reviewer: coolingwater911
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Works
Review: As long as it works I am almost happy. So ... its good. However, for what it is, I feel its over priced. Why Generac feels it should be able to rip people off like this is just terrible.
Reviewer: S. L. Amorello
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Overnight delivery saved me time and $$$
Review: Having previously paid $$$ to the original Generac installer to replace these faulty units, I decided to give it a go. Ordered it a 7:30pm and it arrived 10:30am the next day, the total time for install was under 30 mins and it worked flawlessly. Saved me hundreds by going DIY, very happy.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very poorly engineered and Generac knows it.
Review: Here's what I sent to Generac customer service 8/26/2024: I am very disappointed with your 7000 SMM because I have replaced 4 of them in my home system and now a 5th one has failed. I bought the replacements October 2020, December 2020, April 2021 and November 2023. My Generac 22kw was installed 8/25/2018 and works perfectly. Either your design is flawed or the components are not robust enough for the job. I want you to send me a new SMM free of charge because it should last longer and is expensive to buy at $150 each.I sent this to Generac 8/30/2024:From what I was told today, I would need to have a dealer confirm that I have a defective SMM and then you would send him a replacement.The dealer would have to come to my house to install it and charge me for installation.They would charge $250 for installation which is $100 more than if I just buy the part myselfWhy wonât you answer my question about the poorly designed and built SMM?You know that they are not reliableThe dealers know they are not reliableThe customers know that they are not reliableYour lawyers know that they are not reliable, and have probably instructed you to not admit that they are poorly designed and built.Generac has a great reputation for its generators.Why canât you make a module with the same quality as your generator?I challenge you to respond to me truthfully.
Reviewer: Gerald L. Messerschmidt
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: No air conditioning
Review: With Beryl my Generac was running and had power but no air conditioning. Found delay switch was defective and ordered on Amazon. Got it the next day. Easy to install and air started as expected! Thanks Amazon for having this equipment so available!
Reviewer: northof492000
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: The product was reasonably priced. Delivered in a very timely fashion. Product was easy to install & no control wiring to transfer switch as units work off of frequency.
Reviewer: Brad Schultz
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Altho the price was right and delivery was quick, the unit was tampered with and the circuit board was burnt out( someone previous had swapped the components out). Full refund acquired upon returning made this transaction, altho disappointing, palatable.