Your bags are finally packed, the car is loaded, and you are heading out of town for a well-deserved summer getaway. The last thing you want to do is spend your time at the beach or the lake worrying about what is happening at home.
But summer weather in New England is notoriously unpredictable. Severe afternoon thunderstorms, lightning strikes, and heavy winds can easily knock out the local utility grid, causing a widespread summer power outage that lasts for days.
If nobody is home to turn on a portable generator, a localized blackout can quickly turn into an expensive disaster. Here is why you need an automatic standby generator to protect your property, and how Brook Field Service can help you actually relax while you are away.
How to Truly Relax on Your Summer Vacation
The Ultimate Vacation Nightmare
There is absolutely nothing worse than coming home from a relaxing vacation to find out your neighborhood suffered a summer power outage while you were gone. Without a standby generator to keep your home’s critical systems running, you could be walking into a total nightmare:
- The Spoiled Refrigerator: A modern refrigerator can only keep food safe for about 4 hours during an outage; a full freezer lasts about 48 hours. If the power drops on day one of your week-long trip, you will come home to a putrid smell and hundreds of dollars of spoiled food that must be thrown away.
- The Flooded Basement: Summer thunderstorms bring torrential downpours. If the grid goes down, your home’s sump pump turns off instantly. Without backup power, rising groundwater can quickly flood your finished basement, causing thousands of dollars in water damage and mold growth before you even return.
- The Stifling Heat: Without your HVAC system running to control the climate and humidity inside your home, a week-long heatwave can warp hardwood floors and cause a stifling, uncomfortable environment.
24/7 Automatic Protection
The beauty of a permanent Kohler standby generator is that you never have to lift a finger—and you certainly don’t have to be home to turn it on.
Unlike a portable generator that requires you to pull-start it in the rain and refill it with gas cans, a standby unit is directly wired into your home’s electrical panel — and runs on your existing natural gas or liquid propane supply. It continuously monitors the utility grid 24/7.
If a summer storm knocks out your power while you are three states away, the generator senses the drop, turns itself on within 10 seconds, and seamlessly restores power to your home. Once the utility company fixes the grid, the generator automatically shuts itself down.
Remote Monitoring: Peace of Mind in Your Pocket
What if you want to verify that your home is safe without bothering your neighbors?
With a Kohler remote monitoring system, you have total visibility right from your smartphone. Whether you are at the office or sitting on a beach, you can open the remote monitoring app and check the exact status of your home’s power. The app will send you instant push notifications when the power goes out, when your generator turns on, and when the utility grid is restored. Total peace of mind is literally in the palm of your hand.
Save Your Summer with Brook Field Service
Don’t let a summer power outage ruin your vacation! Invest in the automatic protection your home needs so you can truly kick back and relax this season.
If you don’t have backup power, or if your current generator is too old to trust, Brook Field Service has you covered. Right now, you can take advantage of our $0 Down and 0% Interest financing to secure a brand-new, ultra-reliable Kohler standby generator.
Already have an aging, unreliable competitor unit? Ask us about our $1,000 Kohler Trade-Up Rebate!
