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Portable Generators

Like their built-in counterparts, portable generators are a great investment for your home. A good portable generator can help keep the lights on when the city goes dark or simply add the comforts of home to the great outdoors!

Portable Generators
Keep the lights on& no matter where you are

Portable generators come ready to do just about anything you need them to do, from powering an electric drill to keeping the whole house powered.

When choosing a portable generator, be sure to get the kind of power you need. It's best to go bigger than to be left out in the cold. It can be dangerous to be without power when and where you need it most.

Emergency!

Without power in the home for long periods of time, basic daily needs can be difficult to meet. Cooking, lighting, pumping water, and refrigeration are all but impossible.

Having a portable generator at the ready can help let you live your life when disaster strikes. However, there are a few things you need to keep in mind before you buy a portable generator to power your home.

• Be sure to choose a generator that can put out enough power for your plug-in appliances. For basic emergency use, 2,500 - 5,000 watts should be sufficient. It is a good idea, however, to add up the approximated power draw of what you want powered and move from there.
  
  Obviously, the more items that need power, the more wattage you're likely to need.
  
• Power comes at a cost! The more power a portable generator is outputting, the more fuel it will consume. Whether you use a liquid propane tank or a standard gasoline engine, be sure to have back-up fuel for the long haul.

Braving the Great Outdoors

Portable generators are also very good for providing power where an infrastructure doesn't exist. A small generator can add lights to a campsite or can get some juice to those power tools when extension cords won't do.

These smaller-scale jobs need not the enormous 7,000-watt dynamos, able to power a whole house. The smaller, more portable 1,000 to 2,500 watt generators will be more than enough.

Even smaller models are available and don't even require fuel! Rechargeable inverters will do the trick when you just want to plug in a light and a radio. These generators are small enough to keep in your trunk for roadside emergencies.

It only takes one experience to justify the purchase of a portable generator. In emergencies, they can make all the difference. It's the peace of mind you can't put a price tag on.