I live in the south and occasionally my pal and I get pretty bad thunderstorms, then there have been a few instances where are our basement will flood and trees will fall down… Not to mention the lost of power due to trees falling on power lines. There was one time where my family and I were out of power for five afternoons! My great friend and I had to go to a shelter so my pal and I could have sizzling showers and a cooked meal. My great friend and I didn’t mind going there for the time being but my pal and I missed being in the comfort of our own home. To avoid losing electricity again my family and I decided to invest in a generator, but generators are great to have when electricity is out, and i decided to call my electrician to find out more on generators, and he suggested a brand to me and provided me some information. He told me that generators will automatically kick on when they sense that utility power has been lost. But when utility power is back up and running, the generator will kick off and be on standby mode for the next power outage. He suggested that I do some measurements before I purchase a generator. This will allow me to know the type of voltage of the generator that I need to get, then with getting a higher voltage you can run your generator to refrigerators, to a heat pump, to your water and a washing and drying machine. It’s almost like your house is running on utility power and there never was a power outage. I look forward to purchasing a generator.