Adding up the running watts and the highest starting wattage of all the devices you wish to power with a generator will help ...

Home generators aren’t new, but there may be new reasons to have one — from the increased amount of energy we use working and living at home to the increasing extreme-weather-related strains ...

Take It With You. Westinghouse [/caption] Why It Made The Cut: The Westinghouse WGen12000 provides sufficient power to be an effective standby generator for a small home, and has the portability ...

Large whole-house generators can power an entire average home than smaller ones. Here are the best of each size from CR's ratings.

Choosing the right home generator means figuring out what size generator you need first. Generators are sold by power output, measured in watts. The amount of power a generator delivers determines ...

Home standby generators, also called whole-house generators, are large, permanently installed generators that connect to a home’s electrical panel for backup power during an electrical outage.

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Generators typically have an advantage in their power output. While whole-home backup with batteries is possible, some homes may require two batteries or more to back up the whole home.