re: Recommendations for whole home generator?

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Waiting to see if my insurance will pay as we are tyring to get one for my 9 month old daughter who has a rare form of epilepsy and needs oxygen at night and sometimes during the day if seizures occur

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Sorry to hear about your situation. If you need constant power and no interruption for any of her equipment, get a UPS power strip for it so it can ride the 10 second outage before your house switches to gen power. I have my modem on a UPS so my Wifi never goes down and a critical piece of equipment for your kid is of much higher importance. Here's a unit from APC (who has been making UPS units forever):

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If you look at the electrical nameplate information on your daughter's equipment I can let you know if that UPS is enough. Chances are it will be since it will only need to back the equipment up for 10 seconds.

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And finally, generators don't need rest and/or breaks. No need to shut it down every day like some do. They like being run, and a load is good for them.

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The reason I've heard this suggestion is to be able to check the oil level at or near ambient temperature. The genset can handle the constant run time but if enough oil has burned off it can damage the unit. A Generac tech told me to shut down every 2 days to check the oil level to top off. I believe oil and filter changes are every 50 or 100 hours of run time? Would need to double check the manual for that one.