Home Generator Safety Tips

You may be depending on your home generator to get you thought the next bad storm or just make sure you keep the lights on when there is a grid failure. Make sure you’re ready and safe with these generator safety tips.

Ventilation: Be sure to have your generator setup in a well-ventilated area if it runs off gasoline. Just like a car its exhaust can be deadly if left running in a confined space like inside garage or indoors. Choose an area that is away from the doors and windows to make sure that you and your family is not exposed to the exhaust.

Fuel:  When storing fuel for a gas generator it is important that keep the containers that a well sealed and is made of high-grade plastic or metal. 

Don’t Connect to Home wiring: Connecting your portable generator to your home wiring is dangerous. The generator can back feed to power lines connected to your home and create a dangers situation for utility linemen that are trying to fix the problem. Check with your local utility company before installing a hard-wired generator in your home.

Overload:  Portable generators have a power rating. The generator should be only used for a certain number of appliances or equipment. The total wattage used should be less that what the generator is rated to produce.

Generator Ground:  Be sure the check your manual to find out how to properly ground the generator unit. Doing so will insure that you will have safe operation of the unit.

Be sure to call Cool-o-Matic for all your generator needs and to be prepared for whenever the lights go out.