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In my opinion you should probably buy your home standby generator new and not used. You can shop for your home standby generator at sears or sears.ca.
You would use a standby generator as a back up electricity source when there are outages of electric power. Business such as factories and also offices would have a standby generator in place.
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A standby generator will provide backup power in the event of an electrical outage. You can get one that is fueled by diesel or kerosene and install it in your basement or backyard.
The difference b/w the prime generator & standby generator is that the prime generator is used for 24/7/365, while the standby generators are only used in emergency cases, if we used standby generators for more than 24 hours continuously, then it will be overheated for sure.
According to my knowledge generators do consume power while in the standby. A backup generator is only allowed to operate continuously for up to 200hrs.
The Generac Guardian Series 5875-20kW Smart Circuit Standby is a good standby generator which will power your whole home in the event of a power outage.
The best home standby generator will vary from home to home. You will need to determine what you need to power, how many appliances, size of your home etc.
On a standby generator 100 percent of the power drops before the generator will start.
The word "standby" is used in 2 ways. 1) A standby generator is essentially a spare power source for when the main one fails. Usually cuts in automatically. 2) Kubota J series (and others?) say eg Prime output is 10kVA, and Standby output is 11kVA. I presume this means you can get 11kVA, but not good for the engine.