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Aquarius Home Services
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Serving Garfield, MN and surrounding areas

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In business since 1987

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Emergency services offered

"Service install technicians were great!"
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Mill Lake Electric, LLC
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Fixed Generator - InstallFixed Generator - RepairPortable Generator - Install+1 more

Serving Garfield, MN and surrounding areas

In business since 2005

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Mill Lake Electric, LLC is committed to your satisfaction, providing residential and commercial wiring and repair work with the highest level of customer service. We are dedicated to provide great work at a fair price for all your electrical needs. Our craftsmanship and our dedication to customer satisfaction will get the job done. Mill Lake Electric, LLC is licensed and insured. We are on time, on budget, and are perfectionists. All our electrical work and our complete repairs are guaranteed, for your 100% satisfaction. If you have a tough problem or difficult challenge, Mill Lake Electric, LLC is the one for you. We cut right through difficulties. Call today for the perfect electrical installation and repair work that you need.

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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. 

Setting up utilities on a vacant property usually takes at least a few months, or between 6 weeks to 16 weeks. This process requires working with the local planning and zoning department, hiring a building contractor or engineer to design the utility layout, securing permits, laying the lines, and connecting the utilities.

In most municipalities, you will need a permit to install a permanent home generator, including emergency backup, partial-home, and whole-home generators. A permit for a generator usually costs between $50 and $250, depending on where you live. Your electrician or certified generator installer will usually pull the permit for you—and might be required to do so by your building department—but you’ll be on the hook for the cost of the permit. You should ask your installer before agreeing to any work if they will pull the necessary permits for your project.

As a safety measure, you should always turn off the main breaker while operating your generator’s backup breaker. In addition, you should also switch off all appliance breakers so you don't have a power surge when the main breaker turns back on. And finally, turning off the main breaker prevents back-feeding, which endangers utility workers with the risk of electrocution. Back-feeding could also destroy the electrical circuits of your neighbors if they use the same power network.

It might seem counterintuitive, but installing a generator transfer switch will save you money in the long run. While you’ll have to pay between $400 and $2,500 to have the transfer switch installed, you’ll recoup that amount later on when you don’t have to pay for expensive repairs to your appliances, devices, and electrical system that may have burned out, overloaded, or stopped working due to a sudden loss of power or an incorrect hook up of a generator to your home. 

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