Whole House Generator

A portable generator for the home has many uses, apart from the obvious power outages. Of course, the main use of a generator is to use it in those times when you have a power failure and require a small amount of electricity to power your lights, a heater during winter or perhaps a household appliance. The portability means that they are light, easy to carry and small enough to store in a small cupboard.

You should not think that having a generator is to be only used for power outages. They can be used for an endless amount of other applications around the home and outside your home. They can be used to power DIY equipment such as circular saws, drills and other electrical power equipment. This means that you can use your electrical tools where there is no electricity, perhaps at the back of your garden or out on site somewhere.

Another handy advantage of using a portable generator is for camping. They are able to power a small light, a television or perhaps a small microwave. You can make your camping experience a home away from home by still having some of your electrical comforts.

Generators can run a variety of fuels such as diesel, natural gas and petrol. The gasoline models are by far the cheapest and most portable. They are also the quietest which is also an important factor to consider when making a purchase. An entry level model probably runs at about 48dB which is actually very low. To put this in perspective, a human starts hearing sound at about 10dB. A living room in the suburb takes in about 50dB of external noise. Finally a normally conversation between two people, standing about 1m apart will generate about 70dB.

Each generator can generate a certain amount of Watts, which is used to power an electrical device. The higher the Watts, the more devices you can attach to it. The unfortunate side effect to this is that the larger models that can produce more Watts also costs a lot more too.

You need to balance up the cost of purchasing a generator to your needs. You need to priorities the requirements such as how quiet it needs to be, how many electrical devices you need to power, how small or portable it needs to be and finally, what fuel you would prefer to use and how long that fuel needs to last. Most generators can run continuously for about 12 to 15 hours on a full load. That is quiet impressive considering you would never really use a full load for that amount of time.