Is a Standby Generator Right for Your Home?

Let's break down who is and who isn't a fit for a whole home standby generator. Who's not a fit? Who shouldn't buy one and frankly it'd be a waste of money. If you've only lost power a couple times in the last few years, if you don't deal with extreme weather conditions, and if the power grid isn't sometimes susceptible to unexpected failures, you're not a fit for a whole home generator. That $8,000 to $20,000 would be better spent somewhere else. Who is a fit for a whole home standby generator? If you are somebody who wants to make sure whenever the natural disasters occur that life is able to continue as you want it to. Make sure that you're comfortable in your own home, you don't lose heat, and you don't have to worry about the groceries in your fridge or freezer going bad because you've lost power. Well, that is who should consider buying a whole home standby generator. It is for peace of mind and insurance that your family can continue their life without interruption on the harshest days of the year.

Now, here in Oklahoma, if a house has a generator, that's normally a a house that sells really quickly. Generators can be a pretty big range depending on what the setup is, the size of generator, and the electrical load on the home. You might be asking [music] yourself, why do I need a generator? Well, I mean, honestly, you know, if a storm knocks out power, if uh a pole goes down, you know, I know here in Oklahoma we have ice storms. Um generally, we have one every winter. That can typically knock down power for it can be from somewhere to a couple hours to in the worst-case scenario, a couple days. And so, if your home has a generator, people don't have to worry about losing power and being able to keep appliances on and [music] and, you know, and whenever you've got refrigerators stocked with food, having power is a big deal. You don't want to have to rebuy everything that's in your refrigerator or have spoiled meat and then have to have that added expense on there. So, generators provide that peace of mind for people. If you have any questions, leave them down in the comments, or if you need prices on upgrading your HVAC or plumbing systems, click the link below. We have transparent pricing. Check them out. [music] Your home.

So, as Oklahomans, we know if you know, you know. When it comes to power outages, Oklahomans are no stranger to power outages. We are within the top 10, typically I would assume, probably in the top five of total power outages in the country at any given time because of our extreme weather. In the spring, the sky is actively trying to commit homicide. And in the winter, the sky is also trying to commit homicide, but of a different flavor, ice. And ice accumulates on power lines and knocks those things down. And let's be honest, we're all too familiar with the Oklahoma heater. And Oklahomans should have a whole home generator. They 100% should. We have too many power outages. We have too many things that happen to our grid to not have a backup source of power for your home. And that, that's why we're getting into the business.

So, whenever we look at sizing your whole home generator solution, we are looking at options between $8,000 and $20,000. Like I said, if you only lost power twice in the last 2 years and you only lost it for a few minutes at a time or maybe an hour at a time. And the biggest inconvenience was that you were missing Wheel of Fortune because you couldn't watch YouTube TV. Well, you, my friend, shouldn't buy a whole home standby generator. But, to all my fellow Okies out there, to everyone who knows that the ice storms are a coming and that the freight train noise of a tornado is just a couple months away, you know what it feels like to be left without powers for sometimes days. And frankly, you shouldn't have to weigh that in your calculus when it comes to being comfortable in your home. So, we can mitigate that with a whole home standby generator. That's why we're getting into the generator business. And if you're curious what it cost to get a generator installed in your house, click the link down in the description and you can see what it cost to get a generator installed in your home less than about a minute of your time to see a price. And as always, guys, do something nice for somebody. You never know, might change your life.

We're getting into the whole home generator business. And why that is is because we get calls every spring, every fall and winter, whenever we have the most extreme weather on the planet sometimes, whenever the power grid is either at risk and fails and or has already failed in some way, shape, or form because of an event, you know, like taking out a power line or a substation. And now the house is not livable, we're worried about groceries, we're worried about the freezer not staying cold enough. And frankly, like we get a call a lot of times because we're the heat and air side and the plumbing side of worrying about well, it's not warm enough in my house or I'm worried about the water lines freezing. And let's be honest, like there's nothing we can do about it unless you have power. If you don't have power in the home, there's nothing we can do to mitigate any risk of heat going out, water lines freezing, things like that. The necessary thing is the power.