Gas-powered generators—which must be run outside—should be kept at least 20 feet from the house, and away from windows and ...

These models juice up your refrigerator, air conditioner, and other essentials during an emergency—no matter what.

You'll pay a premium, but built-in home standby generators from companies like Champion, Generac, and Kohler can power your entire home during an outage Whole-house generators can be expensive ...

Here are the best home generators.© Trevor Raab A rough estimate of energy loads for typical home appliances and recommended circuits for standby generators with a running capacity of up to 7kW ...

There are a number of different generator types for keeping your house powered on in an emergency. Here's everything you need to know about inverter generators.

Question: Ed: I've read your past columns on standby home generators and have a question about winter startup concerns. Since they are permanently installed outside a home, are they just sitting ...

Simply put, portable generators lack the power capability of standby home generators, and they do not turn on automatically.

Meteorologist Nick Lacour finds out about what types of standby generators are manufactured at their Hattiesburg Assembly Plant.