NATURAL GAS GENERATORS Electric

A growing number of Houston-area distribution

homeowners are installing natural panel
gas-powered backup power systems to
avoid lengthy outages like those that
followed Hurricane Ike.

1 The system monitors Electric

incoming voltage meter
from the utility line.

Gas
generator

Automatic
transfer
switch
A/C Natural
condenser gas line
unit

2 When the 4 When utility

utility power is power returns,
interrupted, the the transfer
transfer switch
3 Within seconds switch will flip
the standby
senses the problem, system begins back to the
closes off the utility supplying utility source.
line and opens a new electricity.
power line from the
generator. Source: CenterPoint Energy
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