{"id":1737,"date":"2014-11-28T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/?p=1737"},"modified":"2014-11-27T02:37:37","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T07:37:37","slug":"dos-donts-backup-generators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/dos-donts-backup-generators\/","title":{"rendered":"Dos and Don&#8217;ts for Backup Generators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having a power back-up is important for all facilities. They keep your systems going in an emergency &#8211; alarms and emergency lighting won&#8217;t work without one.<\/p>\n<p>Traditional design places the generator on an upper floor or the roof, and the fuel in the basement. This poses a problem when you&#8217;re dealing with flooding, which can cause water contamination and busted fuel lines. Earthquakes can also cause things to shift and break.<\/p>\n<p>A self-contained ground unit placed outside the building might be the way to go, and alternative fuels such as natural gas and diesel have benefits as well.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article here: <a title=\"Backup Generators Anew\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ecmag.com\/section\/your-business\/backup-generators-anew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Backup Generators Anew<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a power back-up is important for all facilities. They keep your systems going in an emergency &#8211; alarms and emergency lighting won&#8217;t work without one. Traditional design places the generator on an upper floor or the roof, and the fuel in the basement. This poses a problem when you&#8217;re dealing with flooding, which can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[591],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dos and Don&#039;ts for Backup Generators<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Placement is important when planning a back-up power source.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/dos-donts-backup-generators\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dos and Don&#039;ts for Backup Generators\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Placement is important when planning a back-up power source.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/dos-donts-backup-generators\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Electric Saver 1200 Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Electricsaver1200com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Electricsaver1200com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-11-28T14:00:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ElectricSaver1200-logo.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"329\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"114\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glenn Hough\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glenn Hough\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/dos-donts-backup-generators\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/dos-donts-backup-generators\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Glenn Hough\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/aff006acfa85b0adcb52ea9a16a4a452\"},\"headline\":\"Dos and Don&#8217;ts for Backup Generators\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-28T14:00:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/dos-donts-backup-generators\/\"},\"wordCount\":115,\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/dos-donts-backup-generators\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/dos-donts-backup-generators\/\",\"name\":\"Dos and Don'ts for Backup Generators\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-28T14:00:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/aff006acfa85b0adcb52ea9a16a4a452\"},\"description\":\"Placement is important when planning a back-up power source.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/dos-donts-backup-generators\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/dos-donts-backup-generators\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/dos-donts-backup-generators\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dos and Don&#8217;ts for Backup Generators\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.electricsaver1200.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Electric Saver 1200 Blog\",\"description\":\"Learn To Save Electric At Home The Easy Way! 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