Sentences with phrase «amperage backup»

A string of natural disasters and prolonged blackouts have motivated consumers to invest in personal generators at unprecedented rates, but a low - amperage backup service would better serve the people and their wallets.

«Order - of - magnitude calculations suggest that implementing a low - amperage backup service appears to be more cost effective than having each homeowner buy a portable generator and storing diesel or gasoline for fueling, especially if a region is expected to suffer more frequent and longer widespread outages,» says Sunhee Baik, lead author and doctoral student in engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University.

A low - amperage backup system can also generate non-monetary benefits that were not studied by the researchers during the assessment.