Almost every customer who asks us 'should I get diesel or petrol?' gets the same answer: it depends on the duty. For occasional camp / weekend use under 8 kVA, petrol is cheaper to buy and lighter to move. For anything that has to start reliably after sitting unused — backup, standby, prime-power — diesel wins, almost always.
Understand the difference between kVA and kW the easiest possible way — with a pint of beer and its foam. The single most useful concept when sizing a generator.
The full chain — fuel to engine to alternator to electricity — explained without the marketing fluff. Once you understand this, every component on a spec sheet makes sense.
A simple 6-question framework that gets you to the right generator without overspending. Run, surge, fuel, duty, location, future-proofing.
A standby generator that has only ever run unloaded is a generator that may fail in an outage. Load-bank testing is the only way to prove it.
It's not about service life. It's about whether the unit starts on the day you actually need it. Monthly tests + scheduled servicing — what and why.
Italian engineering, Generac global support, factory-trained Australian service. The case for choosing a recognised brand over a cheap import.
