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Troy-Bilt Generator review...and some thoughts on choosing the right back up generator for your home

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The presenter introduces the Troy-Bilt XP series generator, noting its ability to power a 1200-1400 sq ft house, though not all appliances simultaneously. He then details the power panel, which displays total running hours, hours since air filter change, and hours since oil change. He demonstrates that the main power panel, with its outlets and circuit breakers, is detachable and can be extended with a cord, although he finds this feature unnecessary.

Goal: The video begins with an introduction to the Troy-Bilt XP series generator, highlighting its general capabilities and then focusing on the advanced features of its power panel, including an hour meter and maintenance indicators.

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  • Troy-Bilt XP Series Generator

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hey guys this is Josh Stony Ridge farmer it is hot oh my goodness it's so hot it's like 90 degrees out here humidity is like 150% it is super hot here in North Carolina but at least it's not raining so I told you when I had the power outage probably a week ago or so we had like two days without power that I'd do a little quick review about this generator and this is the little Troybuilt XP series generator okay want to talk to you a little bit about the generator take you around show you the features of it it works great our house is about 1,200 or 14400 Square ft something like that it ran everything we needed to run in the house it just couldn't run everything at the same time but uh this generator did the job that we wanted it to do I'm going to take you around show you the generator do a quick review of it and we'll talk a little bit about being prepared for power outage so come along with me brige Stony brige [Music] [Laughter] F all right so the first thing I want to show you is this power panel okay so the Troy buil has a power panel and this display right here will tell you how many hours you've been running how many hours uh it's been since you changed your air filter how many hours it's been since you changed your oil all that information is right here on this little screen you've got got a little breaker here for these guys and this piece actually detaches and you can take it inside if you want to I don't know why you'd want to take it inside but it comes with a cord to extend this device out to like 10 ft or so I don't know why you'd ever need that I don't need it I don't understand the only cord I need is right here or these guys right here for running power equipment so what I have two 20 amp 120 volt uh plugs here and basically the gist of this thing is your circuit breakers are on here and this runs your 220 so what we use in the house is the 220 and basically we hook to a circuit breaker uh with a disconnect made for

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