Maintenance

Keep it ready between storms.

A typical home standby generator schedule. Your owner’s manual always comes first: intervals change by brand, model and how many hours it runs.

Task	Typical interval
Exercise run (automatic)	Weekly or every other week; check that it actually ran
Look for alarms, leaks and debris	Monthly
Oil and oil filter	Yearly or by run hours, and after long outages
Air filter and spark plugs	Yearly or as the manual says
Battery check	Every season; replace around 3 years
Professional service	Once a year, before storm season

Reminders (opt-in)

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