Robbie and Jillian Lee have seen firsthand how Louisianans’ increasing reliance on a new breed of powerful home generators can go horribly wrong. Advertised as rock-solid protection against the ...

State regulators opened an investigation on Wednesday into the impact of natural gas-fed home generators on Louisiana utility systems after houses in Lafourche Parish suffered from low gas pressure ...

Starting a generator regularly, as well as treating fuel with a stabilizer, can help keep batteries charged and prevent fuel from going stale. A dual-fuel generator offers flexibility and can easily ...

As a tool you generally break out in the event of an emergency situation, a generator is expected to have a certain degree of reliability. Otherwise, what would be the point of something that's ...

When the power fails, you expect your generator to hum steadily in the background, not to spend the night tripping breakers and burning through fuel for almost no useful power. The most common culprit ...

A good generator can save the day when the power goes out—but if it’s set up wrong, all that money you spent might as well have gone to waste. The truth is, most generator problems don’t come from the ...