Briggs & Stratton 40248 7000-Watt PowerNow Dual Mode Air Cooled Home Standby Generator

Briggs and Stratton have been producing generators for home use for decades, and are a house hold name across the country when it comes to standby and back up power solutions.

The Briggs & Stratton Generators  EmPower power now 7,000-watt standby generator is fully equipped to keep most of your home essentials and conveniences running when the grid goes down.  They have a network of suppliers so you will not have to go far to source one of their generators and have a large support and customer service operation to help advise and guide you through any purchase you may be considering or answer any questions you may have about installation, operation or maintenance of any of their products.

Because of this spare parts and replacement parts are easy to source and the fule needed to run any of these generators is easily purchased and economical to use.

To make sure you are buying the right backup generator for you and your home, it is always a good idea to speak to the manufacturer or supplier and outline your needs and requirements.  Have a list of all the items you consider necessary and vital to your comfort and safety during an outage, and they will easily and quickly be able to point you in the right direction.

If you are considering a used generator then make sure you only deal with an accredited dealer, and that you get your guarantee with the machine.  All re-conditioned second hand generators should come with a guarantee on purchase.

Powered by a durable Briggs & Stratton Extended Life Series engine, this unit quickly converts to a standby generator with an optional transfer switch (sold seperatly) for ready-to-go back up power.

If you are considering  used diesel generators, then this can dramatically bring down the cost for you.  By their nature diesel generators are more expensive, but they do go for years and year.  Their simplicity means that very little can go wrong with them and they are as such, easy to maintain.  You will get many years out of a good used diesel generator so it is always worth considering, especially if a new one is out of your reach at the moment.

They do not have many of the all singing and all dancing extra’s and fancy gadgets, but they work, and have worked for decades.