A standby generator is an electrical job with an engine attached. The install that matters is the transfer switch and the panel, and that is licensed electrical work. We are Generac certified, so the warranty work afterward stays with us too.
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Upstate storms take the power out, and they take it out for days when a line comes down rather than a breaker opening at the substation. A portable generator and a pile of extension cords covers a refrigerator. A standby unit covers a house, and it starts on its own whether you are home or not.
Anyone can set a generator on a pad. The transfer switch is the safety device, and connecting it is licensed electrical work in South Carolina for good reason. An improper connection can push power back onto a downed utility line.
Chad has held an electrical license for 25 years and holds it in three states. The generator install is done by the same person who would be doing your panel upgrade anyway, which is usually part of the job regardless.
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Chad holds a Generac dealer number and a technician number. In practice that means three things: we can sell you the unit, we are certified to install it, and we can do the warranty work on it afterward. That last one is the part people find out about the hard way. A generator sits outside doing nothing for two years, and then a storm comes and it does not start, and the question becomes who is allowed to touch it under warranty.
We install about a dozen a year, so we are not guessing at the sizing or at the gas line. If you already own a Generac and it needs warranty service, call us. You do not have to have bought it from us.
Start with the load calculation, not with a model number. Tell us what has to stay on. Well pump, air conditioning, heat, refrigerator, medical equipment. The right size falls out of that list, and it is the only honest way to price it.
It depends on what you want running during an outage. We do a load calculation rather than selling you a size off a shelf. A house that only needs the well, the fridge and a couple of circuits needs far less than one carrying central air.
Whichever you already have. If you have neither, propane with a buried or set tank is the usual answer in this area.
Yes. We pull it and meet the inspector.
Yes. We hold a Generac technician number, so warranty work on a Generac is something we can take on whether or not you bought it from us. For another brand, call and describe it and we will tell you honestly if it is a job for us.
Yes. Chad holds both a Generac dealer number and a technician number, which covers sales, installation and warranty service. We install about a dozen units a year.
Generac certified, licensed electrician, 25 years in the trade, permit pulled and inspection met. We will tell you if the answer is that you do not need one.
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