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Backup Generators
Standby power that picks up the moment the grid drops. Change-over gear, remote monitoring and on-call technicians, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Ready before you need it
A backup generator spends most of its life doing nothing, which is exactly why it has to be set up properly and checked by somebody.
Automatic transfer The load moves across on mains failure, with nobody on site.
Under 90 minutes Average emergency response across Melbourne metro.
The failure nobody plans for
It is not the grid dropping. It is the standby set that would not start when it was finally asked.
So the setup is the whole job: change-over gear that transfers cleanly, a set sized for the loads that genuinely have to stay on rather than everything on the board, and a test regime that proves it will carry them.
We supply standby power both ways: on hire, parked on site for a planned outage, a storm season or a switchboard upgrade, and permanently installed with automatic transfer where a site has to hold its own supply. Either way the same in-house crew designs it, connects it, tests it and answers the phone at 3am.
- Mains-failure ready Change-over gear and automatic transfer, so the load picks up with nobody on site.
- Monitored Remote monitoring, because an unnoticed fault is the real risk, not the outage.
- 24/7 response In-house technicians on call, averaging under 90 minutes across Melbourne metro.
90min Average metro response
From your call to power on
No triage queue and no handballing. The person who picks up is the person organising your set.
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You call, we answer
A real person on the phone any hour of any day, not an after-hours message bank. Tell us the site and what has gone down.
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We size it on the call
Our electricians and generator specialists work out what will carry the load now, and what the connection needs to look like.
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Dispatch and connect
The set goes out on our own float fleet, and our A-grade electricians make the connection and commission it on site.
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We stay accountable
Fuel management, monitoring and on-call technicians until your operation is back on, stable, and no longer needs us.
Trusted Across Victoria
Power for the projects that can’t go dark.
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What is the difference between a backup and a standby generator?
In practice they describe the same job: a generator that sits idle and picks the site up when the mains supply fails. What matters is how it is connected and how it is tested, not what it is called. We size it against the loads that have to stay on, connect it through change-over gear, and prove it under load.
Should I hire a backup generator or buy one?
Hire suits a defined risk window: a planned outage, a switchboard upgrade, a storm season, a temporary site. Buying suits a permanent obligation, where the generator is a documented part of your business continuity plan. We do both, and we will tell you which one your situation actually calls for.
Does the change-over happen automatically?
It can. With automatic transfer gear installed, the load moves across on mains failure with nobody on site. Some hires are set up for manual change-over instead, which is cheaper and perfectly sensible where staff are always there. We will walk you through the trade-off before you commit.
How do I know it will start when the power goes out?
Because it gets tested rather than assumed. We put standby sets on a preventive maintenance program with battery and starting-system checks, fluids, filters and condition monitoring, plus load-bank testing where the site needs proof of capacity. Every visit is documented for your continuity file.
How fast can you get a backup generator to site in an outage?
We hold hire stock in Kilsyth and run our own delivery fleet, so metropolitan deliveries are usually same day or next day, and our average metro emergency response is under 90 minutes. We are on call 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Can you back up a hospital or a critical facility?
Yes. We supplied multiple temporary units up to 1,250kVA to the Alfred for critical backup of the intensive care unit during switchboard upgrades, and designed and supplied twelve backup generators and control systems into Australia Post parcel and distribution facilities across five capitals.
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