Blog posts of '2022' 'October'

Life can be strange. We live in a world where we rely upon electricity for so many things. How would you charge your phone without it? Run your laptop? Cook meals? Drive a hybrid or electric car? Watch TV? Phone a friend? Keep the food fresh in your fridge or freezer? Have light in your home at night? You couldn’t do any of that, and more, without electricity.

And yet, what is strange is that we are at a point where for one reason and another, our electricity supplies are likely to go down at some point this winter, and maybe for days or weeks at a time. Yesterday, October 17^th, was the 35^th anniversary of the greatest storm we have ever seen in Britain which this writer remembers only too well, having been without electricity for 13 days as a result! And now, climate change seems to be bringing more severe storms to add to our woes of gas supplies being threatened by a certain Russian gentleman.

No wonder so many people are considering buying a generator to provide the necessary electricity when the mains go down. We have had a lot of enquiries recently for new generators for sale in the UK at Blades Power Generation.

Many Different Sizes

In fact, we have new generators for sale in the UK of many different sizes, since the size that you need is dependent upon the amount of power that you need to generate. So, you may only need a relatively small generator to run things in your home, but if you need to power a factory that is a different matter entirely. In fact, it is almost more important to power your business because otherwise it comes to a grinding halt.

You will also need to invest in a changeover switch to switch from mains to generator when the power goes down, and the reverse when it comes back on again, of course. You can use a manual changeover switch, but this has certain disadvantages, so an automatic changeover switch is far superior.

When you have a manual changeover switch you have to switch off the mains, go to the generator, fire it up, then switch to the generator. And of course, the same the other way around when the mains power comes back on. This can be difficult at the best of times, and impossible if you don’t happen to be on the premises. As you might guess, an automatic changeover switch does it all for you, so you will only be without power for seconds until the lights come back on.

Are we going to get through the winter in the UK without having power cuts?  What are the odds?

Well, if you listen to the government, everything is going to be hunky-dory. No power cuts. No worries.

But would you like to put your money on it? Say, £100?

Quite!

This is just one reason why so many people are considering investing in a standby generator to cover them if the worst really does happen. But there could be another one as well. It may well be cheaper to use a generator to produce your electricity than to use the mains.

You Are By No Means Alone

So, if you are considering investing in a generator for your home, you are by no means alone. The size of generator that you will need depends upon how much electricity you need to produce which, in turn, will depend upon the number, type, and size of the electrical products you use. The bigger the generator – not just in terms of sheer size but in the amount of electricity it can generate – the more it will cost.

However, you don’t necessarily have to buy a new generator, as at Blades Power Generation we have used generators for sale in the UK. And before you say: “uh oh, I don’t want a second-hand generator”, why ever not? If you are like most people, you will have bought a second-hand car in the past. You may even have one now. Buying a second-hand generator is just the same.

In fact, we always have a selection of used generators for sale in the UK. Many businesses use generators, and what happens is that they expand and take on extra work and produce more products. So, they need a bigger generator to produce more electricity, so they trade in the old one with us.

You will also need a transfer switch to transfer from mains to generator when the power goes down, and you can use a manual transfer switch or an automatic one. If you use a manual transfer switch you have to start the generator and then switch over to it when it is up and running. An automatic transfer switch – as the name implies – does it all for you. It is more expensive than a manual one, but the choice is yours.