If you own a portable power generator, you know how much dust, dirt and debris can collect in and around your genset, especially if you keep it out of doors or in your garage. If you’re worried about how this will affect your power generator’s performance in the long term, you’ll need to get yourself a protective cover for your backup power source. With a generator cover shielding your equipment from the elements, your genset will be as “snug as a bug in a rug.”
Having a custom-built housing for your power generator can be expensive, especially if you already own one that you don’t use all that often. Generators can often be forgotten after they’ve last been used and they may often end up in a corner of your garage where other stuff can be piled over them over the course of time, leaving nicks, scratches and various liquid spills that can damage your precious equipment.
Dusting your power generator each time you remember just isn’t enough as far as maintenance goes, and you might find yourself with a backup power source that won’t work when a power interruption does occur.
Now most people may think generator covers are complex contraptions that will only cost them additional expense and the frustration of assembling. This isn’t so. A generator cover is very simply a glove, usually made of canvass, or other waterproof material, that can be fitted over your generator in a matter of seconds. No manual to read, no assembly required. It won’t cost you more than $30, either.
With such a cover, you’ll actually be protecting your generator unit when it’s in storage, much like you use a tea cozy on your favorite teapot. In fact, generator covers act as an extra layer to keep your genset free from scratches and liquid spills that may damage the more sensitive machinery like that of a low noise or silent generator equipped with modern electronic parts and circuitry.
One other advantage generator covers bring is they make it easier to transport your portable power generator from one place to another as they are sometimes made of canvass which makes for a less slippery grip than if you were carrying the bare metal hull of your genset directly.
A suitable cover also keeps travel mud and dust out of your unit’s internal mechanism during travel, and when you are roughing it in the wild. Portable power generators can often take heavy duty use and abuse, but sometimes a rough and rugged environment can wreck havoc on and shorten the life of your genset.
The good thing about some generator covers is that they can also cover the bottom of your equipment, as well. This means your floor, the bed of your truck, your trailer, or even your garage won’t show gouges from the vibrations caused by your portable power generator when it’s in use.
So whether you’re the type of person who wipes each particle of dust off and bewails each scratch on your backup power equipment, or the kind who sometimes forgets you have a portable power generator lying around the garage somewhere, a generator cover will serve the purpose of protecting your genset until the time comes for you to use it again.
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