We love Ron! He was able to get our RV generator fixed at a very reasonable cost. It's so nice to meet folks who do what they say. We had to wait to get an appointment but it was well worth it. Plus, you gotta love a guy who likes puppies!!! read more

Power Hz is a generator and small engine repair specialist. They repair all sorts of generators (freestanding, built into RV, towable, etc.) as well as lawnmower (including riding mower) engines, etc. I contacted Power Hz because I was having problems with the generator in my motorhome, which seemed to be possibly altitude sensitive and probably temperature sensitive. I was referred to Ron (owner of Power Hz) by another local RV repair service that doesn't work on generators and stopped in El Paso specifically to have him take a look. Ron is very thorough and methodical. As an OK shade tree mechanic with a few former and current professional mechanics in the family, I recognize a good mechanic when I see one. Ron is a very good mechanic. He went through everything on the generator that could be tested without removing it from the vehicle, eliminating every possible cause of its stalling. Then, it finally had to come out for bench testing and when I left for the campground about 9:00 PM, he was still in his shop working on it (Ron is also a really hard worker). Bench testing revealed that it was the generator control board, and after swapping it with a used one he had on hand, it ran for over 2 hours under a ~5 KW load, so I greenlighted getting a new board from Cummins while we went up to White Sands the next day. In the late afternoon, he called to say the generator would be ready on schedule and to bring the motorhome by about 5:00 PM to reinstall the generator. We went to the campground and traded minivan for motorhome and set out over Tran-Mountain for the shop. A few hours later, the generator was back in and I had tested it with loads greater than I ever throw at it in real life (both roof air conditioners, water heater, microwave, etc.), pushing it to peak loads of 43 amps and sustained loads greater than 30. It never stalled or even stumbled. The next day, we resumed our journey back to California and the generator performed flawlessly across two days of desert driving, running both roof air conditioners. Ron was a real trip saver, and he did it at a very fair price, too. Two thumbs up for Power Hz! Besides being a great generator mechanic, Ron and his wife are a good-hearted couple who generously care for a deaf feral cat with almost no teeth who hangs around their shop. The cat is too wild to be approached by anyone but them, but she comes inside to eat her food and they know she is deaf because she doesn't even twitch when a generator is started up, not even a large one. There's no good place to have a generator breakdown on your RV, but if you're going to have one, choose El Paso and Ron will fix you up :-) read more