What are the most important things to consider when purchasing a standby/emergency generator system?
A. Here is a list of important things to consider. 1) A generator is a major purchase and should be amortized over it’s expected life. A generator can last 10 to 20 years if properly taken care of. For most residential applications a quality generator will last a life time if used for standby/emergency backup. For this reason we recommend the purchase of a quality GenSet with suitable features for your application. A cheap or bargain price will become an expensive lesson when your buying the second or third generator or when the power goes out and the cheap unit fails. Buy right the first time, spend a little more on quality. Don’t be cheap at first and spend more in the long run. Chinese (or other foreign) generators sold on the internet look like good deals but they are not. Here’s why: (a). Most Chinese generators are copies of U.S. Made units but they are not good enough copies to use U.S. manufacturers spare parts. Even Chinese spare parts are such poor quality they wont fit. (b).
