These models juice up your refrigerator, air conditioner, and other essentials during an emergency—no matter what.

If your house already has a transfer switch and you’ve got a smaller generator that’s compatible, you can use that, though you may have to limit which appliances you power with it.

Generators with built-in inverters are some of the best ways to protect your backup power. Smaller devices like universal ...

Portable generators rated for 5,000 watts and above can connect to your home’s circuit breaker panel with a transfer switch—a small board that looks a bit like a circuit breaker panel itself.

Why a Transfer Switch The power receptacles on a generator are helpful for when you need to power something too far away from your home to use house power. But for the house, a transfer switch ...

With extreme weather comes more power outages. Stay prepared with these portable generators recommended by the experts.

Generators and transfer switches Whether it’s a hurricane, ice storm, even a wildfire, power outages seem to be happening more often and in more places.

Meanwhile, since you don’t need to turn off the main power to use a transfer switch, when the utility power returns, anything not connected to the transfer switch will go back on without ...

We review the best portable generators for emergency preparedness and survival, to keep your gadgets and appliances powered during a storm.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Whether it’s a hurricane, an ice storm, or even a wildfire, power outages seem to be happening more often and in more places. Maybe you’re thinking about buying a generator to keep ...