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A home standby generator is a pre-packaged, fully automatic generator system. The system is designed to supply electrical power to pre-selected emergency circuits that supply a homes lighting, heat, air conditioning, water and appliances. The home standby generator produces electricity without the customer having to lift a finger.
No gasoline cans
No extension cords
No manual pull starts
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How the Home Standby Generator Works

1) The CARRIER ATS monitors incoming voltage from the utility line around the clock.

2) When utility power is interrupted, the transfer switch immediately senses the problem and signals the generator set to start.

3) The transfer switch then safely closes off the utility line and simultaneously opens a new power line from the generator. This automatic switch action will stop any “back feed” of power to the utility line or neighboring houses. “Back feed” of electricity to the utility is extremely dangerous and could short circuit wiring in your home and neighboring homes. “Back feed” of electricity could even be fatal to a worker repairing downed power lines. Safely closing off the utility line becomes the most important feature of the transfer switch.

4) Within seconds your CARRIER system begins supplying electricity to the circuits you have chosen to be powered in a utility failure. The lights and appliances on these circuits are again functioning normally. The transfer switch continues to monitor the utility line conditions in order to retransfer back to the utility source when it returns.

5) When the transfer switch senses that utility line voltage has returned at a steady state it retransfers the electrical load back to the utility line automatically and resumes monitoring for subsequent loss. The generator will continue to run for an engine cool down period of several minutes while the entire system stands ready for the next power outage.