Be Ready and Powered with a Whole-Home Backup Generator
Losing electrical power is frustrating at best and outright hazardous at worst. But installing a whole-home backup generator can shift how you respond to outages, ensuring you keep everything running when the power goes out. Learn how these systems work and why they may enhance your home’s comfort and security.
How Do Whole-Home Generators Operate?
A whole-home generator is a complete upgrade from a portable generator. A backup generator is fixed in place outside your home and combusts reliable fuels like natural gas or propane for consistent energy that lasts for hours, days or even longer.
Rather than manually setting it up and dealing with fuel refills each time, a whole-home generator is linked to your home’s electrical system through a transfer switch, which allows it to start automatically following a power outage. After the utility power is restored, the generator shuts down on its own, and the transfer switch switches your home back to the municipal grid. This effortless process ensures you won’t be concerned with being left in the dark or missing key services during an outage.
Benefits of Whole-Home Backup Power
Backup power generators provide a wide range of benefits. Here are 10 great reasons to consider this investment for your home:
- Preparedness for thunderstorms: Severe weather events can leave you without power for days. With a whole-home generator, your key systems like lighting or appliances stay up and running both through and after the storm. Staying prepared ensures you aren’t left searching for essentials during a weather emergency.
- Effortless power for your home: A whole-home generator provides automatic and continuous power without the requirement of manual setup or frequent refills. Unlike portable generators, which demand your presence for setup and fueling, a whole-home generator activates within seconds of an outage and keeps running as long as it’s fueled. This hands-free operation ensures your home stays powered with no work from you.
- Peace of mind: The unpredictable nature of outages can cause a lot of stress. With a whole-home generator, you are assured that your home’s important systems stay functional. You also experience normalcy and safety during an outage, which greatly improves your family’s comfort with unexpected power losses.
- Prevent loss of income: If you’re a remote worker, being left without power can cause missed deadlines and lower productivity. A whole-home generator keeps your work safe. As long as the internet stays online, you can keep working and stay in touch with colleagues and clients.
- Avoid food spoilage: Food spoilage is a costly and inconvenient result of losing power. A whole-home generator keeps your fridge and freezer running, preserving your food and preventing waste. This benefit is most important during prolonged outages, to ensure fresh food and avoiding the need to throw everything out and restock when power is restored.
- No frozen pipes: A power outage during winter can cause your heating system to fail. Even natural gas furnaces often use electronic ignitions, which won’t work without power. As the temperature drops inside, frozen and/or burst pipes can happen much more easily. Whole-home generators keep your heat running to stop pipes from freezing in the first place and prevent costly water damage from burst pipes.
- Keep all electronics and wiring safe: Power outages may harm your electronics or home wiring. A whole-home generator provides a stable flow of power, limiting any damage from abrupt outages and surges after power returns. For an extra layer of protection from electrical surges, consider installing a whole-home surge protector too.
- Keep medical devices running: If anyone in your household needs some kind of medical equipment, an extended outage can be literally life-threatening. A whole-home generator ensures that vital medical equipment like oxygen machines or ventilators remain operational through an outage.
- Continued HVAC operation: Maintaining a steady indoor temperature promotes the comfort and good health of everyone in your home, namely the elderly, children and even your pets. By installing a whole-home generator, your heating and cooling stays functional even during severe weather, staying safe from heatstroke or hypothermia.
- Increased home value: The guarantee of keeping the power on during outages is an attractive selling point. As such, adding a whole-home generator adds home value and could even allow you to up the asking price.
Install a Whole-Home Generator Today
When you call on Service Experts Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing for whole-home backup generator installation, you’ll get top-notch service from beginning to end. Our ACE-certified technicians strive for prompt, professional results with your satisfaction 100% guaranteed.To learn more about how a whole-home generator can enhance your comfort and peace of mind please contact us when you’re ready to begin!
