Plus an alternative that could save you hundreds of dollars By Paul Hope, Allen St. John Sales of portable generators tend to spike around major storms. But getting a portable generator up and running ...

Is your home generator prepared to handle your next outage? Follow these key maintenance tips to ensure your backup power ...

If you’re thinking of connecting an electrical generator to your household to provide backup power during an outage, there are different options. One of the simplest, most flexible and most economical ...

As backup power sources become more common in residential construction (Photo 1), many homeowners have learned about the needs and benefits of transfer switches. They know in the event of an electric ...

BILLERICA — The failure of the town’s 4-month-old, $36.5 million water-treatment plant to operate on the power of a backup generator during power outages on Oct. 28 and Oct. 30 was caused by a faulty ...

The circuit in Figure 1 shows a PWM (pulse-width-modulated) ramp generator that you can use in low-cost switch-mode dc/dc power supplies. Its supply voltage can range from 5 to 35V dc, and you can set ...