Editorial standards
Technical answers should show their work.
Standby generators mix engines, fuel, electrical systems, automatic transfer switches and model-specific service requirements. We treat exact model, source scope, date and uncertainty as part of the answer—not as fine print.
Source hierarchy
What we trust first
Manuals & specification sheets
Owner, installation, service and technical specification documents are the preferred basis for model-specific claims.
Manufacturer support & accessory catalogs
Used for current support procedures, compatibility, part numbers, warranties and product-family guidance.
Manufacturer product pages
Useful for current lineup, published MSRP and feature claims, but not allowed to override a technical manual without review.
Government, utility & municipal sources
Used for permits, inspections, adopted code information, utility procedures and location-specific requirements.
Owner reports & community sources
Used to discover questions and pain points—not to establish technical specifications.
How the work is produced
Software can accelerate the research. It does not get to invent the answer.
AI-assisted research & drafting
Research and drafting tools may be used to organize source material, compare documents, identify gaps and structure a homeowner-friendly explanation. The tool is not treated as the technical source.
Primary-source verification
Before a model-specific, safety, warranty, permit or utility claim is published, it is checked against the cited manufacturer, government, municipal or utility source set that actually supports it.
Search demand chooses questions—not facts
Keyword and competitor research helps identify what homeowners are trying to solve. Search volume never overrides the source evidence or expands a claim beyond the model, location or document that supports it.
Updates follow the source
Manufacturer support procedures, laws, permit rules, utility processes and pricing can change. When a newer authoritative source changes the answer, the page should change with it.
Claim rules
We preserve the scope of the evidence.
Model-specific stays model-specific
A battery specification for one 22 kW model does not become a brand-wide recommendation. The same rule applies to oil, maintenance intervals, clearances, cold-weather kits and warranties.
Unverified means unverified
If the source set does not support a field, we leave it unresolved instead of filling the gap with a likely-looking answer.
Conflicts get flagged
When official documents disagree, we check model year, spec letter, revision and publication date before choosing a current claim.
Prices are dated
MSRP, accessory prices and permit fees change. Published amounts should identify what the price covers and when it was retrieved.
Why this site exists
Help the homeowner make the next decision with less guessing.
Pages are added because a homeowner has a real repair, maintenance, buying, installation, part or local-regulation question that can be answered better with evidence. We do not create city or model pages simply to multiply URLs. If a new page cannot add materially different information, it should not exist.