When preparing your company for an unexpected event, like a power outage, most businesses often underestimate how useful a fully installed automatic generator would be to assist in maintaining normal operations, let alone how effective a used generator could be.
There are numerous reasons why many businesses do not purchase a standby generator. The majority relate to cost of purchase. The common belief is that emergency standby generators can only be purchased from new and are expensive. People are unaware that high quality used generators can be obtained at typically 50% of the price of new. Many used generators on the market have spent most of their lives in backup applications where they have only ever been run for maintenance purposes.
Other reasons include:
• Lower capital outlay – typically half the cost of new
• Lead time – availability of used generators usually means you can buy and install much quicker than buying new, lead times are usually 60% faster than for a new generator.
• As a used generator has already been ‘run in’ it should work straight off the bat.
• Better construction – more often than not an older used generator will be constructed of heavier steel and will be more robust