An automatic standby generator works by monitoring utility
voltage 24/7 and runs off of your home's existing LP or natural
gas supply. When your electricity is interrupted, the generator
detects the problem and goes to work. - The controller in the
generator monitors incoming voltage through the automatic
transfer switch (ATS). - When utility power is interrupted, the
controller waits 10-20 seconds, then signals the generator to
start. Within seconds, the ATS transfers to generator voltage. -
The ATS does this by safely closing the utility line and
simultaneously opening the power line from the generator. This
will stop any "back feed" of power to the utility line of
neighboring houses. - Within 15 seconds the standby system
begins supplying electricity to the circuits you have chosen to
be powered by your generator. The controller continues to
monitor the utility line in order to be ready to transfer back
to utility power when it returns. - When the controller senses
that utility line voltage has returned at