The EGH Blog
Practical guidance on sizing, hiring, running and maintaining generators, written by the electricians and mechanics who do it every day across Melbourne and Victoria.
Generator for Hire What Size Generator Do I Need for a Small Business?
Running load, starting load, and the mistake that turns a correctly specified generator into one that trips on the first compressor.
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Backup Generator Backup Generator Installation: DIY or Professional?
In Australia the honest answer is narrower than the question suggests. Here is what you can legally do yourself, and what a proper install actually involves.
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Generator for Hire Diesel vs Gas Generator Hire: The Practical Comparison
Diesel dominates hire fleets for reasons that have very little to do with the engine. A straight comparison, including where gas genuinely wins.
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Generator for Hire What's Actually Included When You Hire a Generator
A hire rate is not just a machine sitting in a yard. Here is everything that should come with it, and the questions that expose a thin quote.
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Generator for Hire Beyond Construction: Where Lighting Towers Actually Earn Their Keep
Lighting towers turn up on far more than building sites. A look at the jobs they quietly solve, and what to check before you hire one.
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Diesel Generator Diesel Generator Longevity: Why Maintenance Decides It
Diesel engines are built to run for decades. What shortens them is almost never the engine, and almost always neglect of four systems around it.
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Backup Generator Selecting the Right Industrial Generator Capacity
Industrial sizing is not the domestic sum scaled up. Load type, load factor, harmonics and redundancy all change the answer.
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Silent Generator Silent Power: What To Consider When Choosing a Generator
Decibel figures only mean something when you know the distance they were measured at. How to read a noise spec, and what else changes on a sensitive site.
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Generator for Sale Portable or Standby? Choosing a Generator in Melbourne
They look like two sizes of the same product. They are two different machines solving two different problems, and mixing them up is expensive.
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Backup Generator Power With Precision: Maintaining Backup Generators
A standby generator spends most of its life doing nothing. The service program is what turns that idle machine back into a guarantee.
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Diesel Generator To Hire or To Buy: Comparing Diesel Generator Options
The honest version of the hire-versus-buy question, including the running costs most comparisons quietly leave out.
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Backup Generator Emergency Power for Hospitals and Healthcare Sites
The hardest brief in temporary power: a load that cannot drop, a building full of people, and no convenient time to test.
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Generator for Hire The Equipment Behind Emergency Power
The generator is one line on the list. Cable, distribution, changeover and fuel storage are what turn it into a working supply.
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Generator for Hire Business Continuity and Emergency Generator Hire
Most continuity plans handle power in a single line that says 'arrange a generator'. Here is what that line should actually contain.
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Backup Generator Generator Maintenance: What Reliable Actually Takes
The five faults we actually attend, what a proper service visit covers, and the clear line between what you can check and what needs a technician.
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Generator for Sale Rent or Buy: The Factors Worth Weighing
The commercial side of the decision: capital versus operating cost, total cost of ownership, and what happens when the requirement changes.
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Diesel Generator Off-Grid Power for Small and Remote Sites
Off-grid power is sized for the worst week of the year, not the average day. How hybrid systems change the maths, and where a generator still earns its place.
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