When The Power Goes Out, Where's Your Backup?
How do you generate light when there is none? You could say "let there be light" in a very commanding tone, but that strategy probably won't work as well as it did the first time. You could call Edison (the company, not the inventor) and try to reach someone. Those of us who've tried that quickly discovered a new and deeper meaning for the word futility.
Cheer up. You could learn to read by candlelight like Abraham Lincoln did. He made it through law school! You could also go without cable, skip showers, and eat cold food for a few days. It's been done, you know. And with Michigan Mayhem, otherwise known as our weather, you'll inevitably do it again.
When the lights go out, so does your heating and cooling. Your sump pumps stop working, which can lead to costly damage. Then there are the problems of food spoiling, security system going down and even accidents and injuries to family members.
Fortunately, there's a solid solution to this problem, and more savvy homeowners are choosing it as their back up plan. It's a backup generator – also known as a "whole house" or "stand by" generator. During a blackout, these modern marvels allow you to continue to have all the power you need to run your essential appliances such as air conditioners, heaters, refrigerators, hair dryers and lights without skipping a beat.
Backup generators are permanently installed outside your home, connected to your natural gas line or run on liquid propane (LP). They look much like an oversized A/C unit, sitting on a concrete pad outside of your home. They start immediately either by the push of a button or automatically, if they are connected to the house wiring and to the fuel source. Lennox Residential Generators are among the most popular, because of their performance, the availability of various sizes to meet your home's needs, and the reputation of Lennox in the industry. Lennox systems have an auto transfer switch that can sense power outage, isolate your electrical wiring or designate emergency circuits from the grid and keep the power going to those necessary appliances- often in as little as 10 seconds! When the power is restored, the automatic system turns off by itself.
It sounds like magic, doesn't it? If you're out of town, at work or asleep when the power goes down, your house is 'always on' even when the power isn't. The price tag isn't small, but the cost of moving your family to a hotel for days, of replacing your spoiled food, or repairing water damage from sump pump failures can be even more costly. Add to that a little thing called 'peace of mind', and it looks like a pretty good investment for Michigan homeowners.
So, think about those vulnerable power lines, those tall trees and heavy branches waiting to fall on them. Are you going to live in the dark ages the next time a storm hits, or are you going to see the light and start generating your own power?
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