One of the best safety nets homeowners can give themselves is a whole-house generator. This type of generator instantly powers on during an outage, providing electricity for lights, refrigerators, air ...

After Hurricane Ike knocked out electricity to most of Houston in 2008, my 83-year-old father fired up his portable generator, running extension cords through an open kitchen window to a handful of ...

I looked at two whole house generators to install on my property, a Kohler generator and a Generac generator. In the end I decided to purchase the Kohler generator because it had a key feature that ...

Will my home value increase if I install a generator? Home generators have a sole purpose; to provide power to your home when your electric company cannot. Loss of power can simply be a result of a ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Standby generators are a common way to make sure your home stays ahead of the storm, and some of those household and small business generators are built right here in the ...

Air & Energy, a family-owned A/C, plumbing and electrical company, has begun installing and maintaining Kohler standby generators, becoming the only Kohler generator dealer in Manatee County. As a ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The power just went out—again. As you dig around for candles and wonder whether your laptop is fully ...