A power outage impacts everyone differently, if you have a small business or home based business, utilize home oxygen equipment, or other medical equipment, or your family is just home alone, losing power is more than just the lights going off. Most people have come to rely on having power, lights and air conditioning available, if you live out in the country and utilize a well for water, you understand what loss of power can mean. Power On offers a solution to these issues with an Automatic Home Standby Generator system. A Standby Generator system is a permanent generator set outside your home and permanently wired to an Automatic Transfer Switch. The transfer switch senses when power goes out and automatically starts the generator. This generator uses LP gas or Natural Gas for fuel. When the generator is at full speed, usually under a half minute, it transfers generator power to the house. Once utility power is restored, it transfers the load back to utility power and tells the generator to shut down. Unlike portable generators these generators are fully automatic, they don’t need any cables, or to be pulled out and setup, they require no human intervention. The standby generator transfer switch is designed to feed power only one way, so it can not send generator power outside your home down the power lines endangering utility lineman. These systems are designed to help enhance your comfort and help keep you safe and secure, whether the power is out for 10 minutes or 10 days.

Essential Load Generators vs. Whole House Generators

Whole House generators run the entire home, every light, and every appliance. These are water cooled generators capable of 25 kilowatts or higher that run on Natural Gas or LP. Essential Load generators run only select circuits in your home. A typical essential load generator system would run the refrigerator, microwave, MBR, MBA, Family Room lighting and receptacles (TV), and a single 4 or 5 ton air conditioner. These can usually be covered with a 15 to 20 kilowatt Air Cooled generator. The Air Cooled generators run on Natural Gas or LP, and cost about 40% less than the water cooled whole house units. They also require about 40% less fuel to run. This is a very important factor and should be considered when determining which system best fits your particular needs.