Back up power is important not only in business establishments but also in homes. This is especially so if people are experiencing man-made or natural catastrophes and have no way of preventing and avoiding power shortage. This reminds me of the energy crisis that we had here in 2006. We were forced to live with NO ELECTRICITY AT ALL for 2 straight days! And this happened in the summer time when the daily average temperature at that time was around 100 deg C. I almost went ballistic because I had no access to my TV, computer, DVD, radio for 2 straight days! Thank goodness that there is a motel nearby where me and my family ended up staying there for the remaining of the power black out period. The motel was not affected since they had the back up power generator. Can you imagine if they didn’t have the generator?
During these unfortunate times, people need a source of energy to power up appliances or furniture that is important in running their household. Examples of these are heaters to warm the home in winter times, air conditioning for summer times and of course, oven and other cooking appliances for food support.
Generators are important because people have no way of determining how long the power will be down. If you want to make sure that your home will remain in a good and stable condition, you should have back up energy in order and ready to use at any time.
There are two types of back up generators:
1. Portable generators.
This is the most economical generator that is capable of supplying back up energy. Portable generators are the most commonly used in homes or household. Appliances that needed power supply are plugged directly into this generator. This is done using wires and other cords that are applicable to the appliances.
Many of these type of generator already has advance features like the stop or start button which people can use to be able to save up on the energy they might be needing for some time.
Portable generators also have different types depending on the volt specification that you are using in your home. You will be able to choose from 120 up to 240 volts capability.
One of the widely used portable generators is the one that is gasoline-powered. People choose this type of generator because it costs less compared to the other type. There are even those that run on diesel or a combination of both.
One of the downside to this is that it cannot be used for longer time. People need to refill and refuel this generator often to be able to extend its power support. In addition, diesel powered generators are much more expensive. Although it is more efficient and with supplies that are easy to find, you may find it hard to start in cold seasons.
The other type of generator is permanent generator, which I’ll discuss in the next article.
