Home Generator Remote Monitoring: Understanding Your Options
Investing in a generator for your business or your home? Make sure it’s protected and functioning properly. How? Use remote monitoring.
Capital Planning Assistance for Generators: Cities & Towns
A guide to capital planning for generator projects. Cities, towns, municipalities, boroughs, villages, hamlets, and census-designated-places all have emergency backup power needs --- namely generators in a variety of applications; 911 & EMS, police,.
Backup Power for Cold Storage | Commercial Generators
With the COVID-19 vaccine distribution on the top of our minds and all over the news cycle, we thought it might be worthwhile to talk about an often-overlooked topic, backup power for cold storage and transportation.
Buying a Home Generator: Full Installation Process Explained
Here’s what happens at FM Generator in Massachusetts --- and nationwide. The following is a breakdown of the process of a generator installation here at FM (and really all over the country). From start to finish, we’ll show you with full.
Katolight Generator Parts, Service & Repairs
While Katolight no longer manufactures generators, businesses and organizations around the country are still using them. The Katolight Company of Mankato Minnesota made industrial and commercial generators in various sizes and configurations.
Preparing Your Generator for Winter: 2021 Checklist
Winter is right around the corner. Or depending on when you’re reading this, it might already be here. And here in Massachusetts and the rest of the Northeast, that means threats of power outages from snow and ice storms. But there are a few key.
Massachusetts Home Generator Frequently Asked Questions
When buying a standby generator, we're not so much purchasing a piece of equipment as we are buying reliability for our homes. Before we do this, we should always make sure that we've gathered all the appropriate info and asked the right questions..
Repair or Replace My Generator? A Look at End of Serviceable Life
How to know when it’s time to replace instead of repair.
Life as a Generator Technician
This month, we want to highlight some very special and important team members – our Generator Technicians! These superstars are the boots on the ground supporting our customers, providing quality service and emergency response around the clock.
Generator Cooling System Maintenance
Second to the battery, the most common point of failure in a generator is the Coolant System. Unlike an automobile cooling system, your generator’s cooling system is always under heat and pressure even though it may only run once a week. Ambient.
Emergency Preparedness
Preparedness breeds confidence. Having confidence in the ability to survive a trivial situation removes fear of that situation. New England has no shortage of weather challenges including tropical storms, blizzards, and occasional hurricanes. These.
Automatic Transfer Switch Maintenance
Transfer switch: what is it and why is it important? A transfer switch is the heart of any backup power system. It detects power failures, initiates an alternative source of power, carries and transfers power from both utility and the backup power.
Natural Gas, Propane or Diesel Generator: Which is Best?
Are you considering a generator purchase but unsure which fuel source to use? With several available options, it can be a confusing choice to make on your own. We provided some basic information below for each fuel type, however we highly advise.
Briggs & Stratton Commercial Generator for Mashpee Schools
Installing Briggs and Stratton Commercial Generators When Mashpee Schools contacted us to replace their 1970’s vintage emergency generator at Quashnet Elementary School, we saw this as an opportunity to introduce the Briggs and Stratton commercial.
What’s in your Coolant?
With the variety of manufacturer recommendations for coolants and the variety of coolants offered, cooling system maintenance has become a major issue in the standby generator industry. Poor coolant conditions can have negative impacts on engines..
Minimize Downtime – Create a Disaster Plan for Backup Power
Have you been tasked with creating a Disaster Recovery Plan for your company? Do you have a specific plan for Backup Power? This may include your own backup power system or rental generators. Do you have a reliable service provider you can count on.
FM installs pump house generator in Branchburg, NJ
FM Generator’s operation support group has installed a new generator at the River Road pumping station in Branchburg, NJ. The generator is designed to provide backup power to sewage injector pumps located beneath the pump house.
