When the grid goes dark, the difference between a calm night and a cascade of tripped breakers usually comes down to the order in which you bring your generator and circuits online. A backup unit that ...

When the power fails, you expect your generator to hum steadily in the background, not to spend the night tripping breakers and burning through fuel for almost no useful power. The most common culprit ...

Blackouts happen, and generators can make them a lot less awful. But what kind of generator do you need, and how powerful does it have to be? Here’s how to tell.

Generators are noisy, smelly and high-maintenance. Battery-powered backups can keep fridges on for days, without the upkeep.

Every generator and power station has two numbers listed on it: starting watts (sometimes called surge or peak watts) and ...

Weather, to put it mildly, is fickle. One moment it's sunny and breezy, and the next you're staring down a tornado barreling through your neighborhood. While it's not necessarily common to deal with ...

We live in Hilton New York outside of Rochester. Integrated Power Supply Incorporated so does a Generac high-end generator. We have a 10-year warranty that's supposed to cover everything that we paid ...

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Portable power stations are handy for backup power during outages, off-grid electricity for an RV, or simply charging your laptop and phone while working remotely. They’re effectively large bundles of ...

NOTE: since most of the US is currently getting hit with a huge winter storm, I’m republishing this list of home batteries as a reminder to be prepared for the next one – particularly for folks who ...