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Manual, service-rated and automatic transfer switches compared: what each one switches, what it costs installed, and the details installers argue about.
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What a whole house generator really costs installed: equipment, pad, gas line, transfer switch, electrician and permit, broken out line by line with ranges.
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What to do first, in order of return: carbon monoxide detectors, stored water, a load audit, backup heat and a bucket toilet. Under $200 and one weekend.
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A solar generator for home backup is a battery with an inverter, and the panel is sold separately. Here is what one really produces and when it pays off.
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Emergency preparedness for a house with land: your well, septic and propane change the whole plan. Where to start, in order, and what to skip until later.
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Sizing a portable power station for home backup, not camping: real watt-hour math for a fridge, a furnace blower and a CPAP, plus what these units cannot do.
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Generator sizing done with arithmetic: running watts, surge watts, why the well pump sets the floor, and a step-by-step method with a worked example.
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A home energy audit for backup power: how to measure watts and watt-hours appliance by appliance, with a table of typical loads for a house on a well.
