We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Home. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Whole house generators can help you disconnect from the grid entirely or ...

If you're looking for ways to keep the power in your home on during outages, a whole home generator might be a fit. But knowing which one is right for you is dependent on your home and your needs.

While problems with the power grid aren’t new, electric whole-home backup systems are. Having emergency power on hand is a great idea, but power banks are also expensive, hard to move, and get ...

The cost of a home generator will depend on several factors, from its make and model to its power capacity and features. According to HomeAdvisor, the typical cost of a whole-home generator lands ...

(A transformer near my home would routinely fail because squirrels ... you probably don’t need a permanently installed whole-house generator, which can cost more than $10,000 to buy and install.