Without fuel, your generator is useless. Our experts recommend checking your main fuel tanks levels once a week if your model ...

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Plus an alternative that could save you hundreds of dollars By Paul Hope, Allen St. John Sales of portable generators tend to spike around major storms. But getting a portable generator up and running ...

The generator industry has touted automatic shut-off switches as a lifesaving fix for carbon monoxide poisoning. But the voluntary standard falls short of what federal regulators say is necessary to ...

BILLERICA — The failure of the town’s 4-month-old, $36.5 million water-treatment plant to operate on the power of a backup generator during power outages on Oct. 28 and Oct. 30 was caused by a faulty ...

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