Start by making a list of the devices and appliances you need to power and add up the number of watts it takes to run them. Consider the fuel options to generate backup power, whether it's gas or ...

When you shop for a home generator, you are usually reacting to the memory of a blackout, not calmly running numbers. That is how you end up with a unit that is far too small to keep your real ...

A gas piping module, the first in a series of enhancements to the Power Design Pro™ software, a generator sizing tool, has been added. The gas piping module is used to determine the required pipe size ...

Dividing the watt-hours of a generator by the watts of the devices you plug into it can tell you (even before you buy) how much runtime you’ll get.