Great advice and discussion points.
I remember a few months ago, we had an outage in our commercial neighborhood that lasted around 8 hours.
With our business relying on the internet, we were lucky since we had UPSs on all of our computers, servers, and digital phone system. We didn't have a generator at the time, but we have one now. We currently have a diesel generator with an auto switch.
So, we turned off uncritical computers to conserve UPS energy (since we didn't know how long the outage going to be). We used a few computers to continue to service our customers and callers.
By moving some UPSs around we were able to continue minimum level operation through out the outage. However, we had to send most of our staff home since they couldn't use their computers.
My recommendation to home businesses & small businesses:
- Have UPS on all your computers, servers, and phone system. Specially the ones that are critical to your business operation.
- Get a power generator with enough capacity to at least keep you operating at a minimum level.
Here at
Sadoun, we will be selling a small line of generators for home and small business use. More than 20 years ago, I used to sell Diesel generators
, so I am no stranger to it.