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Lights Out! Be Weather Ready!

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Be Prepared

Portable Genereator

Portable Generator

Timothy Thiele
Outages happen at the most inopportune times, so be prepared! Don’t wait until the outage actually occurs to learn where to fill the fuel and oil to your generator. Learn how to start it and mark down which breakers will be needed in your electrical panel. Run your generator once a month and use fuel additives in the gas tank if the unit will be idle for any length of time. Store the unit where it will be easily accessible and out of the weather.

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