Whole House Generators

With whole house generators, you can remain comfortably in your home during a power outage. It stands by waiting to automatically turn on anytime the power goes out. After experiencing Hurricane Fran and being without electrical power for three weeks, my husband and I decided to invest in an emergency power generator. We now feel safe and secure knowing that we have a reliable source of electricity in case of an emergency.

Losing electrical power can be expensive, especially when your refrigerator goes out and all your food spoils. When your heat or air conditioning systems are not working in extreme temperatures, this could lead to a life threatening situation.

You know what it feels like when your power goes out and all of the conveniences you take for granted are not there.

Emergency power generators range in price from $2,500 to $9,000 depending on the capacity and options you want.

Emergency home generators run on low pressure gas or natural gas. The sizes of these generators range from 8 to 125 kilowatts. With these generators a transfer switch will automatically turn on the generator when there is a power outage and return back to standard electric power when the electric is restored.

If you are a business owner and the power goes out, you could lose productivity and other costly losses due to a power outage.



Commercial generators offer many models that run on low pressure gas, natural gas and diesel fuel. The sizes of these generators range from 15 to 16,000 kilowatts.

How do you know which generator to purchase for your specific needs?

There are two types of systems for your home or business:

• Wholehouse or business generator system which powers all the circuits in your electrical panel.
  
  
• Essential load generator system which powers only the essential circuits in your electrical system.

Next page - Choosing the Correct Generator

Return to Top - Whole House Generators