It’s portable alright. It can’t be portable if you can’t carry it around with acceptable effort. The more powerful a suitcase generator is, the more it gets bulky and heavy. You won’t get the benefits of portability there. Don’t get carried away when you start assessing the appliances you need powered in an emergency. A [...]

You’ve seen it before. Hurricanes, flooding, thunderstorms and other natural calamities knowing down power transformers in your community. The end result is always a power blackout that could last hours or even days before the utility lineman can get in and do some repairs to restore power. In the first half of the 20th century, [...]

The determining factors in choosing a generator, whether fixed standby or portables are wattage capacity, noise level, fuel type used, form factor (portability) and price. In terms of fuel types used, various generator models use gasoline, diesel, LP (Propane) or natural gas depending on the engine used. Gasoline and diesel are the most common, having [...]

If you’ve ever gone through a power outage with a conventional generator running nearby, you probably prayed that the situation gets back to normal. Generators can be such an annoyance that you wonder if the benefit powering up your computer or TV is worth it. You can be creative in how you keep generators out [...]

Anyone who has gone through a category 2 hurricane and a prolonged electricity power outage during or after it will remember the sound of emergency generators working through the night. They sound like cars revving up for a drag strip. That’s just fine, as the noise from generators is often the last thing on your [...]

Choosing the most appropriate portable generator to match your home and office lifestyle needs intelligent planning to get the best value for you money. Power generators are hardly used. But there are compelling reasons when it can be quite handy. When will you use it? Power outages are rare, rarer in some areas than in [...]

Generic or conventional power generators are the simplest and most reliable to operate. You just need a magnetic field rotating in a coil that generates alternating current or a sine wave at the right frequency – 50 Hz or 60 Hz – the line frequency on your AC outlet that your appliances need. The rotation [...]

Portable suitcase generators are great in times of unpredictable power outages at home. They can power you basic appliances that you can’t live without during emergency situations when a home power generator is called for. But there are health risks behind that come with the use of generators at home if you are not careful. [...]

There was a time when enduring a prolonged power outage just meant starting the fireplace and lighting a few candles. It’s not that simple anymore. The 21st century lifestyle that has its roots on the last 20 years of furious technological advances just can’t tolerate a few hours or even minutes without electricity. You can’t [...]