A home standby generator is a luxury, and for some people a necessity. Also known as whole-house generators or stationary generators, these units cost about $2,000 to $5,000. And the professional ...

Our editor-tested and researched portable and whole-home options keep appliances and other essentials running during an ...

Power outages cost U.S. businesses $150 billion annually, disrupting operations, damaging equipment, and causing lost revenue. For homeowners, outages can mean spoiled food, unsafe conditions, and ...

As a culture, we often place our eggs in the wrong basket of technology. We’re confident the most contemporary Doppler radar systems can tell us the details of the next thunderstorm, heat wave, or ...

To get the best efficiency for my battery backup system I want to make sure that the backup battery is large enough to cope with at least twice the total amp hours required in my calculations. So, in ...

The same liquified petroleum gas that cooks a steak in the back yard might save your bacon when powering your plant’s standby generator. Liquified petroleum, also known as LP gas or propane, is a ...

Jon Spiers thought his home was sitting pretty after Hurricane Katrina's storm surge knocked out electrical power for miles around his Ocean Springs, Miss., home. After all, he had not one but two ...

Customers of Portland General Electric are lending their standby generators to the utility for 200 hours a year in a unique distributed generation program. The utility is not buying power from ...

Q: Ed: I've read your past columns on standby home generators and have a question about winter startup concerns. Since they are permanently installed outside a home, are they just sitting there in the ...

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