If you do get a gen set I would advise to cancel out Fisher Panda, I agree totally with "Lady Jessie", my gen set though 15 years old has only done 350 hours. Since I have had it, 10 years, every season I have had some problem with it, normally not easily fixed. At present it is away for rewind as the generator end burnt out. In fact this one item has had more repairs to it than all the other gear on the boat combined. Seriously considering removing it all together and giving it the deep six!