Stay Prepared and Powered with a Whole-Home Backup Generator
Power outages are inconvenient at best and can be dangerous at worst. But installing a whole-home backup generator will shift how you respond to outages, helping you stay powered up when the power goes out. Explore how these systems work and why this might be a great addition to your home for comfort and peace of mind.
How Do Whole-Home Generators Operate?
A whole-home generator is a complete upgrade from a portable generator. A backup generator is permanently installed outside your house and combusts propane or natural gas for steady electricity that lasts for hours, days or potentially even weeks.
Rather than needing to set it up manually and refuel it every time, a whole-home generator is linked to your home’s electrical system through a transfer switch, which allows it to start automatically in the event of a power outage. After the utility power is back online, the generator then shuts off, and the transfer switch relinks your home to the power grid. This seamless back-and-forth ensures you don’t have to worry about being left in the dark or missing key services during an outage.
The Advantages of Whole-Home Backup Power
Backup power generators provide numerous benefits. Here are 10 great reasons to consider this investment for your home:
- Storm readiness: Major storms can leave you without power for days. But by installing a whole-home generator, your lights, appliances and other essential systems continue working both throughout and after the storm. This layer of protection ensures you aren’t left searching for essentials during a weather emergency.
- Convenient home-based power: A whole-home generator provides automatic, ongoing power without the hassle of manual setup or constant refueling. Unlike portable generators, which need you to be there to operate and refuel them, a whole-home generator turns on within seconds of the power going out and runs continuously as long as there’s fuel. This hands-free operation ensures your home stays powered without any effort on your part.
- Reassurance: The stress of unexpected power outages can be overwhelming. By installing backup power, you will know that your home’s important systems stay functional. You also feel more secure and maintain normalcy, which greatly impacts your family’s ability to cope with unexpected power outages.
- Prevent loss of income: If you work from home, being left without power can cause missed deadlines and lower productivity. A backup generator keeps your work safe. As long as your internet connection remains intact, you can carry on with work, meeting deadlines and clients alike.
- Protect refrigerated foods: Food spoilage is a costly and inconvenient result of losing power. A whole-home generator keeps your refrigerator and freezer operating, saving your food from spoiling. This benefit is especially needed during extended blackouts, to ensure fresh food and avoiding the need to throw everything out and restock when power is restored.
- No frozen pipes: A power outage in the winter may cause your heating system to fail. Even natural gas furnaces often use electronic ignitions, meaning they’re unable to start up if the power goes out. As the temperature falls, frozen or burst pipes are a significant risk. Whole-home generators keep your heating system online to ensure the temperature stays stable and limit any expensive damage caused by bursting pipes.
- Protection for electrical equipment: A particularly violent power outage could damage electronic devices, appliances and even the wiring itself. A whole-home generator ensures a stable source of electricity, protecting your appliances and wiring from the power surges that follow the outage. For an extra layer of protection against surges, think about installing a whole-home surge protector too.
- Power for any medical devices: If a member of your household depends on some kind of medical equipment, a power outage can be literally life-threatening. A whole-home generator ensures that vital medical equipment like oxygen machines or ventilators stay powered in an outage.
- Continued HVAC operation: Maintaining a steady indoor temperature promotes the comfort and health of all occupants, especially the elderly, children and even your pets. If you install a whole-home generator, your heating and air conditioning stays online during extreme conditions, preventing heatstroke in the summer and hypothermia in the winter.
- Boost in property value: The assurance of continuous power during outages is something sought after by prospective home buyers. As such, adding a whole-home generator enhances the home’s appeal to buyers and could even allow you to up the asking price.
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