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With Storm Boelo and Storm Austen still fresh in people’s minds (and more unsettled weather on the way), many homeowners are looking for reliable backup power without the cost of a large commercial system. That’s exactly where our Bimson LDG12s comes in. This is our popular budget option for residential standby generators — a practical, automatic solution that keeps the lights, fridge, heating and essential circuits running when the grid fails. What Is the Bimson LDG12s? The

Storm Boelo is currently lashing large parts of the UK with powerful winds and heavy rain, following closely behind Storm Austen. Gusts of up to 85mph have been recorded, amber and yellow warnings remain in force across Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland, and thousands of properties have already lost power. When trees come down, power lines are damaged and the grid is under strain, the difference between a temporary inconvenience and a major disruption often come

A lot of homeowners are quoted a generator from one number: the main fuse. 60 A, 80 A, 100 A — pick a kVA that “covers the supply” and hope. That is how you buy a set that is too small for the heat pump and the freezer starting together, or far too big for a house that only needed lights, the boiler and the fridge. GES Power Ltd start the other way. We ask what you actually want to keep running when the mains fails. That is what the Residential Standby Generator Load Assessme

Most generator “no-starts” we see are not engines. They are batteries. Someone has already been there with a multimeter. They have written 12.6 V or 25 V in the book and signed the set off. Then the mains fails at 2 a.m. and the starter clicks once. A voltage reading is not a battery test. What a multimeter actually tells you A digital meter across the posts tells you the surface voltage at that moment. On a charged 12 V battery you will often see around 12.4–12.8 V. On a 24

A weekly run with no load proves the engine turns. It does not prove the set will carry the building. That is what a loadbank test is for. You put real kilowatts on the alternator so the engine, the cooling, the AVR and the exhaust all work as they will on the night the mains fails. Wet stacking, light-load glaze, a radiator that only just copes at tickover — none of that shows up until you ask the machine for current. On a set in a yard, that is straightforward. Van, loadban

If the Chuckle Brothers had gone into standby power instead of slapstick, the catchphrase would still have been the same. To me. To you. That was this week’s job, minus the ladder and the “oh dear, oh dear.” A generator had been sat in the car park of a residential development for years. Doing its job. Minding its own business. Nobody had asked it to move house. Then the site needed electric car charging points, and the set was suddenly in the way — like a relative who picked