Whole House Generators

My personal story of a whole house generator goes back to the NC ice storm of 2002. An inch of freezing rain brought down trees and along with that wiped out power lines. Power went out Dec. 4th and was not fully restored until Dec. 14. We started looking at generators and found that they had whole house, automatic generators. While Larry was pushing for the roll up and crank generator, I had my heart set on an automatic one. Larry was working as a police officer so he would go to work where they had power, heat, running water, and warm food. Meanwhile I was stuck at home under the covers with 2 little ones and a dog. Didn’t take long for us to smell like dog and BO. I told Larry I would not be happy if he was working with all the amenities and I was out here in the country filling a generator with gas and trying to crank it. My dad’s best friend also told him he needed to get an automatic generator. My dad’s best friend was an electrician and told Larry he would put it in for us. We purchased the generator and it runs our well pump, heat, refrigerator, microwave, freezer, and a few outlets and a few lights. If the power goes out, the generator automatically comes on about 40 seconds later.
This week I sold a home to a young couple and the home has a whole house generator
I would encourage anyone that lives in a rural area  to consider adding this type of generator OR if they are doing a new build to install one at time of construction.
We have a generac because at the time,

that was the only game in town.  We have recently heard that folks are recommending Briggs and Stratton brand. Do your research but we highly recommend it.

As always, we appreciate your business and referrals.
Tammy