Practical guides to plan a generator, understand a proposal and care for your backup-power system. Filter by topic or search for what you need.
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Generac's 5-year warranty covers different things each year. What voids it, how to register, and how to extend to 10 years with an authorized dealer in SWFL.
Read the guideWe compare Generac and Kohler on warranty, kW, monitoring, noise and local service in Southwest Florida. What we see installing both. Get your estimate.
Read the guideGenerac’s published consumption for 14, 22 and 26 kW units, the 80 percent tank fill and worked runtime scenarios, so you can plan realistic fuel needs for a Southwest Florida outage.
Read the guideA way to put your own numbers on a four-hour outage, define the essential loads and prepare a commercial generator assessment for a restaurant, office, clinic or warehouse in Southwest Florida.
Read the guideAvailability at your address, storage and delivery, output by fuel and outage planning: how to decide between propane and natural gas for a standby generator in Southwest Florida.
Read the guideWhich office permits your generator in Lee County, what the site plan must show, how the floodplain review works and why the HOA is a separate track: the questions to settle before you choose equipment.
Read the guideWhat to prepare for your HOA or ARB before installing a standby generator in Southwest Florida, what Florida’s section 720.3035 says about generators as hurricane protection, and why the permit is a separate track.
Read the guideWhat the official records of Ian (2022) and Milton (2024) say about outage length, fuel, maintenance and critical loads when you plan backup power in Southwest Florida.
Read the guideThe pre-departure checklist for seasonal homes in Naples, Bonita Springs, Estero, Marco Island and Cape Coral: service, access, contacts and cellular monitoring.
Read the guideWhat goes into a whole-house generator proposal in Southwest Florida, and how to compare two quotes on the same basis.
Read the guideWhy a standby generator needs a professional checkup every year in Florida: reliability, equipment life, fuel use, warranty and peace of mind.
Read the guideTen practical reasons Southwest Florida homeowners install a whole house generator, with the figures behind them and what a generator cannot promise.
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