Emergency

Emergency Generator

Homeowners and businesses make use of portable emergency generator to keep the lights on and critical appliances working. The generator usually powers only the most important circuits necessary.

Need Power in an outage? Most people do. Refrigerators and freezers gradually get warm. Sump pumps stop working. Medical equipment* doesn’t do its job. Home Wi-Fi shuts down. An Emergency Generator provides power for all the critical and essential appliances necessary to keep a home or small business safe.

When the power goes out, many small businesses can’t do business. A small office or retail location can keep their doors open with an Emergency Power Generator. It takes a few minutes to set up, but once the generator is running, small appliances and lights have power. It could mean the difference between keeping customers or letting them walk away to obtain goods and services somewhere else.

Selecting an Emergency Power Generator

Choose an emergency power generator that exceeds your current needs by about 15 to 25 percent. Operating a generator at 100 percent capacity shortens its life while limiting the load to 75 percent capacity for most of the run time extends generator life. Owners encounter fewer breakdowns and enjoy better fuel economy.

Follow the Power Expert Sizing Guides for advice and tips about choosing a generator. A portable emergency generator keeps the lights on and essentials powered in homes and small businesses.

Emergency Power Generator for Home

If you need the furnace or air conditioning to run, invest in a manual transfer switch. During installation, choose the most important circuits to power like A/C, furnace, refrigerator, freezer, microwave, lights, and Wi-Fi. When a power outage hits, start the generator in a safe place. Connect the generator cord to the inlet box and turn on the generator main breaker. At the manual transfer switch, turn off all the breakers before switching to generator power. Starting with the heaviest load (usually air conditioning,) turn on the breakers one at a time.

Now your emergency generator can supply power to your most important circuits.

*Portable Emergency Generators are NOT suitable for life support functions.