Houston Emergency Power Generators
Having the assurance that your home has power and air conditioning in the time of a national emergency is equivalent in value to a home insurance policy. It is an indemnity of your family’s safety, peace of mind, and personal lifestyle.Hurricane Ike caused 2.4 million people along the entire Texas Gulf Coast, and especially in the Houston area, to lose electrical power. Consequently, emergency power generators have been a highly sought after commodity in almost every community across the region. Emergency generators are being sold throughout Houston in almost every appliance store, home improvement center, and local hardware store. The news media has done a good job of warning people of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning and how to safely install a generator outside their home or garage.
Due to the severity and size of this storm, little time has been devoted to explaining how to select a home generator or what or what size would meet their electrical needs. People are confused and uninformed as to what fuel source and capacity to look for in an emergency power source. It is critical that you make certain that your emergency generator’s capacity is not being exceeded by its current usage. As a service to all of Houston, ILD is offering service calls to check your portable generator setup and make sure its operable, safe and reliable.
Why would I need a service call if my generator is working fine?
We recommend that you have a professional double check portable home emergency generator to make sure it has not been overloaded. Consumer generators will only handle so much electrical load pulled from appliances loads such as your fridge, freezer and selected light circuits. Running extension cords through open windows and doors and plugging too many appliances into multiple power outlets may create an unstable situation. Our professionals can quickly spot and remedy this if this proves to be the case.
Do I need to buy a new generator now?
No. Making plans for emergency power takes time, planning, and careful consideration. Accidents happen when plans are rushed, not to mention added expenses and emotional hardships. Looking ahead to the next power outage, we can help you determine which commercial-grade unit will safely power your home in the event of an emergency.
What should I invest in for the future?
Ideally, you should plan for a future investment in a permanently installed generator that will connect to your home’s circuit panel. Just as a sprinkler system begins with the water meter, electricity in the home begins with the panel. Many ILD customers who made this investment in our specialized electrical services prior to Ike have found it a Godsend during this current crisis.
We can help you start now at the same time we maximize your current portable generator’s usage.
This size of the generator we recommend will ultimately be determined by the number of appliances and home systems you intend to power with the unit. Emergency generators rated at the commercial-grade level that are professionally wired to the home’s circuit panel are a much safer and more reliable source of emergency power for Houston homeowner’s. Installing such a generator by yourself is not recommended. It will take a professional, licensed electrical service technician to correctly install a permanent generator for emergency power and home lighting controls.
What will ILD do to help me plan for the future?
Before recommending a generator, ILD electricians isolate critical circuits to major home systems and appliances, and they determine any potential hazards in new home wiring design. This is for good reason. If your home wiring was not initially designed to handle a specific electrical load, hooking up a generator prematurely could blow a fuse or destroy an appliance. If we identify a potential problem area, we can easily implement a provisional wiring scheme that will safely route power to vital home systems such as the air conditioner, home automation devices, and security systems. If necessary, we will install dedicated circuits to essential home appliances such as computers, televisions, and refrigerator/freezers. A commercial-grade generator will be able to then deliver specific loads of power to each of these areas that have been calculated in advance to ensure both safe operation and continued emergency power performance throughout the remainder of this crisis. With the proactive service of advanced electrical home wiring by Illuminations Lighting and Design, you and your family will be prepared for the next hurricane, tropical storm, or local blackout.
Can you install my current portable generator at my service panel?
It is most likely that we will recommend something larger than the standard 5600 Watt gasoline-powered generators that many people have installed on their back porches. We recommend as well an alternative source of fuel besides gasoline power (which remains in short supply throughout much of Houston.)
Generators that run on diesel and natural gas will soon be available through ILD, so both the service and the products you need can be quickly obtained by a phone call to our office. Our phone lines are working and operators are standing by to get your home’s emergency power management plan implemented and underway as soon as possible. Call toll free 800-863-1184 or locally 713-863-1133 to lean more about Houston home construction and how an emergency backup generator can benefit you!
Illuminations Lighting Design is a full service design build firm specializing in residential and commercial indoor lighting and outdoor lighting, electrical service and maintenance as well as home automation, home theaters, emergency generators, surge protection systems, phone systems and lighting control systems.
We are located in Houston Texas but provide lighting and design services in Austin TX, El Paso Texas, San Antonio TX, College Station Texas, Beaumont TX, Dallas Texas, Midland Tx and points beyond.
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