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Kemp Electric, LLC
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Serving Ellsworth, MN and surrounding areas

In business since 2017

Free estimates

We pride our company on reliability, great communication, integrity, and quality work. We are experts in our trade, and will do our best to keep you as educated as we canon your particular task or project. We look forward to earning your business! Our mission at Kemp Electric, LLC, is to continue the growth of our business by doing right by all of our clients. We love seeing that one of a kind smile on a home owners face at the end of a project! Kemp Electric, LLC, stacks up with the competition, and surpasses it with competitive prices, second to none workmanship, and a prompt/responsive team! We give you quality that you can measure, and a finished product that will enhance your home forever. Call us today!\n

Response time4 days
Recommended by100%of homeowners
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SouthWest Electrical, LLC
5.0(
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Serving Ellsworth, MN and surrounding areas

In business since 2006

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"He was extremely prompt and very professional. He realized the service that needed to be taken care of needed to be completed in a timely fashion and he accomplished that. He was very pleasant to work with. He was fantastic."
Response time1 day
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Echo Group
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Serving Ellsworth, MN and surrounding areas

In business since 2000

Free estimates

Credit card accepted

When it comes to standby generator sales and service, Industrial Electric Motors has the power! With generators by Generac, Winco, Kubota, Winpower, Tigerpower and many others, we provide professional and affordable generator service for residential and industrial standby units for homeowners and business owners needing the piece of mind that the convenience a portable standby generator provides. No matter what your application is, Industrial Electric Motors can help. Call us today!

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Generator Install questions, answered by experts

Sizing a generator is a careful process that requires calculating the electrical load of your entire house. You have to take into account every device you want to use and their wattage requirements, plus the wattage needed to start them, and look for a generator that can safely run all that at around 80% capacity.

In more practical terms, a small home can run on a 10,000-watt generator (and if you only want to power a few key appliances, much less than that). A mid-sized home may need something between 15,000 and 22,000 watts. Larger homes require 25,000 watts or more. 

A 10,000-watt generator can run a small to mid-sized central AC unit (typically up to 3 tons or 36,000 BTU) along with a few other appliances. However, larger AC units or additional loads will require a bigger generator. Consult a local generator installer to ensure you add the correct size generator to your home.

If you’re wondering whether gas generators produce carbon monoxide, know that natural gas generators do not produce carbon monoxide if they are functioning properly, as natural gas burns cleanly. However, if the generator malfunctions and the gas does not burn completely, there is potential for carbon dioxide to be produced. To prevent malfunctions, it's crucial to perform regular maintenance, including running the generator weekly and scheduling professional inspections every 6 to 12 months. Also, be sure to test your carbon monoxide detectors regularly to ensure they function in the rare case of the generator producing carbon monoxide.

An undersized whole-house generator has the potential to overheat and shut down when you try to run a central AC system. This scenario can not only damage the whole-house generator, but can also trip your home’s breakers or cause electrical damage. To avoid this situation, hire a local generator installer to correctly size your whole-house generator.

You can expect a diesel generator to last for up to 30,000 hours of use, which works out to 20 to 25 years with the proper maintenance, of course. That depends on how much you use it, so a diesel generator used for emergencies a couple of times a year will last a lot longer than a generator that takes over for a faulty electrical grid every month for a day or two. 

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