Diesel vs. natural gas — and sizing the kW
Diesel gensets dominate standby and prime power because they start fast, carry load hard, and store fuel on-site — which is exactly why they're the default for hurricane-season backup across Florida. Natural gas units run cleaner and cheaper on a pipeline feed and make sense where gas is reliable and runtime is long, but they lose their advantage the moment the utility goes down with the power. Most facilities we sell to want diesel for critical backup and gas for continuous, cost-sensitive duty.
Sizing is where buyers get burned. Undersize and the unit can't carry motor-starting inrush; oversize and it wet-stacks running lightly loaded. Send us the running load and the largest single motor you need to start, or the nameplate of the unit you're replacing, and we'll match you to the right kW rather than sell you whatever's biggest in the yard.


