re: Recommendations for whole home generator?

My 85 year old dad has had a 22KW air-cooled Generac for about 7 or 8 years now. Thing has been bullet-proof. Has kept him going for several hurricanes at this point. Most recently, 11 days after Ida.

I evacuate over there with my family because of his generator, and just some advice: get a couple oil change kits and keep them on hand. You'll need to change the oil and filter once or twice during an extended outage. In addition, keep an oil pressure sensor on hand. They are cheap and are known to fail. If the sensor fails, it shuts the unit down and it will not restart. And finally, generators don't need rest and/or breaks. No need to shut it down every day like some do. They like being run, and a load is good for them.