Does anyone here have experience with a whole-house backup generator that runs on natural gas? Third World Power and Light -- my pet name for DTE Energy, the electric utility that serves most of southeast Michigan -- served up another of their periodic outages last night. The outages of several seconds or minutes that knock out all the electric clocks in the house and require the smart thermostat to reboot itself are annoying, but not nearly as irritating as last night's outage of nearly three hours.
I'm now considering a whole-house backup generator, fueled with natural gas, with an automatic transfer switch that starts the generator and switches automatically from utility power to generator power. If you have experience with one of these or recommendations on which ones are worth considering, I invite you to share your insights in this thread.
I'm now considering a whole-house backup generator, fueled with natural gas, with an automatic transfer switch that starts the generator and switches automatically from utility power to generator power. If you have experience with one of these or recommendations on which ones are worth considering, I invite you to share your insights in this thread.