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Product

GENERAC Model# 0065520

Category

Generator

Report number

20251229-6B273-2147325083

Ownership age

About 124 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Generators or Power Plants (606)

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20251229-6B273-2147325083. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: GENERAC Model# 0065520. Incident: On 11/30/2025 we had a snow storm and lost electricity for 4 days. My 22KW Generac generator serial # 9650633 model# 0065520 automatically started. However after a few hours the generator start to what I will call surge(speed up and slow down quickly). We eventually figured out that the air filter was clogged with snow and ice. I believe this is a dangerous condition because carbon monoxide is emitted when the LP is not completely burned. We did not suffer from carbon monoxide poisoning but have heard of this happening to others in our area during this storm. Having a design that allows snow to enter the air filter causing surging of the generator seems like a poor/dangerous design.

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