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Champion 8.5kW Home Standby Generator with 50 Amp 8 Space Load Center Nema 3R Automatic Transfer Switch | 100177 Reviews

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Champion 8.5kW with 50A 8-Space ATS
The Champion 8.5kW Home Standby Generator with 50-Amp Outdoor-Rated Automatic Transfer Switch supplies power to your home’s most essential circuits including refrigerators, freezers, sump pumps, lights, furnace, computers, security systems, and televisions. Even a window air conditioner or two.
Home represents security, health, convenience, and safety—principles all homeowners hold dear. Don’t put these ideals at risk. Every year, millions of homeowners go without power during extended power outages that last hours, days, even weeks. No power means no lights, heating or air conditioning. The Internet doesn’t work. Food spoils in refrigerators and freezers. A day or two without power can cost thousands in repairs and irreplaceable lost heirlooms, treasures, and memories. The Champion 8.5kW Home Standby Generator can change everything.
Champion 8.5kW Home Standby Generator
A Champion Power Equipment 8,500-Watt Air Cooled Standby Generator Model # 100177 seamlessly provides 24/7 power to your home. The essentials you count on to keep your family and home safe, all work during a power outage—lights, heating, major appliances including refrigerators and freezers, security systems, sump pumps, and home business equipment. No worries over flooded basements, spoiled food in the refrigerator or freezer, or frozen pipes in the winter that burst and flood your home. Flashlights, extension cords, and refueling portable generators in the dark are history. The Champion Power Equipment 100177 8.5-kW Home Standby Generator detects outages, starts automatically in seconds, and delivers continuous, reliable power to your home.
The 8.5kW Champion 100177 Generator delivers 8,500 watts of clean, reliable power to your home with less than 5% total harmonic distortion and frequency regulated to 60 hertz by the engine governor. Voltage regulation maintains output to power sensitive electronics, motors, and other loads. No shutting down to refuel in the dark. No extension cords to run. It runs automatically and supplies power within seconds after an outage occurs.
A 24-Volt Starting System, an industry first, allows reliable starting down to -22o F, ideal for cold climates with double the starting power of competing models. The Champion 8.5kw Standby Generator won’t let you down in cold weather. During outages lasting hours or days, a Champion Home Standby Generator keeps the heat on and your home safe and comfortable.
Access to your Champion 8.5kw Standby Generator couldn’t be easier. Gull-wing doors open to the sides and allow simple access for maintenance and controls. Easily access the spark plugs, filters, and oil drain. Check the oil and top it off as necessary without struggling to reach the necessary components.
Whether you live in a quiet suburban neighborhood, small town, or out in the country, you’ll appreciate the exceptionally quiet operation of your Champion 8.5kW Home Standby Generator. At just 63dB(A), this generator runs quieter than most competing units.
8.5kW Champion Standby Generator 100177
The Champion Power Equipment 100177 8.5-kW Home Standby Generator includes a 10-year warranty—twice what other manufacturers offer. Homeowners have lifetime access to technical support from trained, dedicated experts. Tough and built to last, a Champion Standby Generator provides years of reliable backup power and the peace of mind that goes with it.
Champion 8.5kW Standby Generator Model 100177 requires two 12-Volt, Group U1, 350CCA Batteries (Not Included) available at local automotive parts stores, battery stores, and home centers.

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2455 N Kiowa Blvd, Ste 102,
Lake Havasu City
Arizona
86403

I love it. I have UPS backups on my servers and networking stuff however they will only hold for an hour. I also have one for my TV/Stereo equipment in the family room, and one in the Master BR for my alarm clock. That being said, this covers the load automatically cutting over so my equipment never knows there was a power outage. We used to have another standby generator (Brand X, starts with a G) however last set of power outages, even though it started, it never provided power to the house. It was later diagnosed as a bad stator. I'm a DIYer and although the instructions were a bit confusing (they were very thurough, but covered multiple devices, plus the box for the ATS (auto transfer switch) had been opened and another set of instructions in the box that were actually a hinderence to knowing what to really do), I was able to run the new extra signalling wires and hook it all up. Mine is on propane. I did find that the jet replacement from natural gas to propane was near imposible following the instruction, and found that removing the carburator to access that jet was really not a big deal so I took it off to remove and install that jet which was a piece of cake. When I got done with the install, before trying to start it I made a call to Champion Home Technical support just to verify I hadn't missed anything (the instructions say the generator ships dry, however it was full of some oil and wanted to make sure it shouldn't be drained, and refilled or perhaps something wasn't quite right). I talked to Fred at Champion Support and he was amazing. He walked me through a check list (which would be nice to have in the documentation) and actually took me through not only the process of firing it up...but had me thuroughly test by shutting the power to the ATS off, having the generator start, cut over to generator power, turning on utility power to the ATS, watching the generator wait for two minutes, cutting over to utility power, and after a cool down shutting off. Fred was concerned about my UPSes as apparently he has run across some UPSes that back feed in to the electrical when power is cut causing the ATS signalling to get messed up and not allowing the generator to start...however it worked like a charm with my 3 models of UPSes. All in all I must say getting and installing this generator was pretty straight forward and it works like a charm. All the best to you Champion. Thank You for making my life easier. Paul
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Posted 1 month ago
Thanks for sharing your experience, Paul. We’re glad the setup is working smoothly and that Champion support was helpful. Regards, Norwall PowerSystems
Posted 1 month ago
This generator turns on automatically when the power goes out. All our electrical appliances, lights computers etc work great. We are so happy that we purchased this generator.
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Posted 3 years ago
This generator turns on automatically when the power goes out. All our electrical appliances, lights computers etc work great. We are so happy that we purchased this generator.
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Posted 3 years ago
Buyer Beware, I ordered a generator in Jan, 2021. supposedly it was sent from Champion on the 8th of March. It is now 4/2/21. shipment still in Texas. Contacted Norwall Power Systems by phone several times over the last 2 weeks. No one from Norwall could tell me anything about my order, when i would get it. So today 4/2/21 @10:52am I ended up talking to a Manager Sharon D sharon@norwall.com . She was very rude. She said I have 2 choices, "1) I could continue to wait for my shipment, 2) they could order me another" understanding it could take another 3 months plus another month for shipping. I said which way would be the fastest for me to receive it? Under her Breath, she said "some people are so difficult" I said "yes some people are" she said, "I didn't ask you that, I gave you 2 options, now you have 3, you can get a refund" this Manager is the worst I have ever dealt with. I choose option 3 Refund, but I have yet to receive it. I have file a complaint through the Better Business Bureau BBB
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Posted 4 years ago
Buyer Beware, I ordered a generator in Jan, 2021. supposedly it was sent from Champion on the 8th of March. It is now 4/2/21. shipment still in Texas. Contacted Norwall Power Systems by phone several times over the last 2 weeks. No one from Norwall could tell me anything about my order, when i would get it. So today 4/2/21 @10:52am I ended up talking to a Manager Sharon D sharon@norwall.com . She was very rude. She said I have 2 choices, "1) I could continue to wait for my shipment, 2) they could order me another" understanding it could take another 3 months plus another month for shipping. I said which way would be the fastest for me to receive it? Under her Breath, she said "some people are so difficult" I said "yes some people are" she said, "I didn't ask you that, I gave you 2 options, now you have 3, you can get a refund" this Manager is the worst I have ever dealt with. I choose option 3 Refund, but I have yet to receive it. I have file a complaint through the Better Business Bureau BBB
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Posted 4 years ago
Purchased and had my electrician install this product, he was greatly impressed with the quality and the well engineered construction and placement of the internal components right down to the included oil drain pan. After having a general lack standby Generac home standby system that was a problem since day one, the propane motor was awesome but the transfer switch and control panels were continually an issue over a 15 year span. The champion home standby product is one quality HSB for the price plus it has a awesome warranty! Can't go wrong with this product!
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Posted 6 years ago
Purchased and had my electrician install this product, he was greatly impressed with the quality and the well engineered construction and placement of the internal components right down to the included oil drain pan. After having a general lack standby Generac home standby system that was a problem since day one, the propane motor was awesome but the transfer switch and control panels were continually an issue over a 15 year span. The champion home standby product is one quality HSB for the price plus it has a awesome warranty! Can't go wrong with this product!
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Posted 6 years ago