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Generator Repair & Maintenance from the Helpful Team
Reliable generator service from local service providers you can trust.
Generators help protect your home by keeping essential appliances and lighting operational. By maintaining power, they can also help preserve perishable foods, maintain home security, and help you to continue home and work activities. The team at Ace Hardware Home Services can help you keep your generator system operating reliably with routine service, and they can repair any issues with your generator, so it is ready when you need it.
Generator Repair
To avoid emergency generator repairs, the team at Ace Hardware Home Services recommends having generators inspected annually. Common generator repairs include:
• Cleaning corroded battery connections & changing dead batteries
• Replacing worn-out belts
• Checking & tightening hose connections
• Fixing damaged valves
• Replacing clogged fuel filters
• Adjusting gas pressure
• Resetting tripped circuit breakers
• Removing fuel line moisture
• Testing battery strength
• Replacing starters
• Replacing control boards
• Repairing or replacing faulty radiators or engines
Generator Maintenance
Just like your car, backup generators have a gasoline engine that needs routine maintenance to perform reliably. Professional generator maintenance helps ensure standby generators and other backup power sources perform reliably at a moment’s notice. Between annual maintenance appointments with our service providers, Ace Hardware Home Services also recommends reviewing and adhering to manufacturer maintenance and warranty instructions laid out in your owner’s manual.
When the team at Ace Hardware Home Services arrives for your annual generator checkup, they will perform a checklist of tasks tailored to the make, model and age of your device. Steps may include:
• Clearing debris from inside & outside casing, intake louvers & exhaust vents.
• Checking control panel fuses.
• Cleaning battery terminals, verifying battery strength & testing electrical connections.
• Checking fuel system assembly, gas pressure & connections.
• Changing oil, spark plugs & air filters.
• Testing the transfer switch. (While your generator probably self-tests on a weekly basis, transfer switch testing is conducted during annual maintenance.)
• Checking all wiring for corrosion & pest damage.
• Verifying generator’s power capacity output.
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What to Expect on Your Generator Repair & Maintenance Journey
