Generator Repair & Maintenance
Quick answer
Standby generator not starting, failing its exercise cycle, or overdue for service? We repair and maintain home generators, transfer switch faults, battery, fuel, and control issues, typically $150–$800.Typical installed cost: $150–$800
A generator that hasn't been maintained is a very expensive lawn ornament, you find out it doesn't run exactly when you need it. We service all major brands: annual maintenance, failed-start diagnostics, transfer-switch repair, and the battery/fuel/oil realities that cause 90% of failures.
About Generator Repair & Maintenance
Standby generators fail a predictable way: silently, during the weekly exercise nobody watches, discovered only when a real outage arrives. The failure list is boringly consistent, starting batteries (the #1 cause), stale fuel or gas-supply faults, neglected oil, and transfer switches that never got a loaded test.
Our service program is built against that list: annual maintenance with a loaded transfer test (not just the no-load hum), battery replacement on schedule rather than on failure, and diagnostics for units that alarm, fail to exercise, or run without transferring.
Annual service checklist
- Oil and filter change, air filter, spark plugs per interval
- Starting battery load-test and replacement cycle
- Fuel system check, LP pressure or NG supply
- Controller firmware/settings and exercise schedule
- Loaded transfer-switch test: the step most skip
How it works
Free assessment
A licensed electrician evaluates your panel, capacity, and site at no cost.
Transparent quote
You get a clear, written, fixed price, no surprises, no pressure.
Professional install
Tesla-certified electricians complete the work to code, permit pulled.
Inspection & warranty
We schedule inspection and back the work with our workmanship guarantee.
What's included
- Licensed, insured & Tesla-certified electrician
- Free in-home assessment and load calculation
- Permit pulled and inspection scheduled
- All materials and code-compliant wiring
- Clean, professional install with cleanup
- Workmanship guarantee of up to 10 years
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Book Your Free In-Home Consultation →Frequently asked questions
The usual culprits, in order: dead starting battery, stale fuel or fuel-supply fault, failed controller settings after an outage, or a transfer switch that never signals. Most are inexpensive fixes, found in one diagnostic visit.
Annually at minimum, oil, filter, battery test, coolant where applicable, and a loaded transfer test. Units that exercise weekly still need it; exercise cycles don't change oil.
That's the automatic transfer switch: a control-signal, contactor, or utility-sense fault. It's the most commonly failed and most commonly missed component, and squarely our specialty.
We service the major residential brands, Generac, Kohler, Briggs, Champion, Cummins, plus the transfer switches around them, regardless of who installed the unit.
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