Extreme cold is hitting, here's how to safely hook up a generator to your house before you lose power.

Home generators are effective options to power appliances and other electronics during an outage, but it’s important to keep generator safety in mind. Improper use of a portable generator can cause ...

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Preparing your home for a winter storm warning? Be sure to avoid these top generator mistakes.

Solar panels can only generate electricity; they can’t store it, so you must pair them with a stand-alone battery bank or a power station. For home emergency power (for a few hours of power), we ...

Generators typically fall into one of two categories: those designed to provide emergency power after an outage, and recreational generators, which you’d take to a tailgate or campsite to run a few ...

Dealing with the expense and bother of setting up a home generator can seem like overkill until the power is out and you're unable to charge your phone, the food in your fridge is spoiling, your ...