An indoor generator is a power generator that keeps your equipment running when the power goes out, but has the added benefit of being able to be deployed indoors, thus safe for indoor use. This is opposed to using a generator which must be kept outside and exposed to the elements—which in the case of an extreme weather event may be the reason why a power outage occurred in the first place.
Planning to use a backup generator for emergency power outage situations is neither a new nor unique idea—however, for most, when the subject of backup power generators comes up, their minds often spring to gas-powered and diesel-powered generator options.
And while we believe gasoline-powered generators do provide value by producing astonishing amounts of power, they are not always the best option to deploy especially in medical and medical adjacent facilities.
First and foremost, because of the exhaust they produce they cannot be used indoors. Second, the extreme noise levels, acquisition and storage of fuel, and regular repair costs can make them difficult to live with—creating extra work for facilities managers and sap valuable time from office administrators when making the various payments. Additionally, due to the aforementioned noise levels and exhaust fumes depending on your facilities location and local regulations gas power may require additional permitting or be outright banned.
By contrast, battery powered indoor generators provide you with the ample amounts of power needed to ensure a medical practice or laboratory environment is properly secure without the additional barriers that can occur when installing gasoline-powered generators.
Indoor power generators are the best option for facilities that commonly require a constant power supply for freezers and refrigerators. Medical refrigerators and freezers have specifications that vary significantly from regular domestic refrigerators, as their designs are aimed specifically at ensuring that a wide ranges of vaccines, drugs, pharmaceuticals, and biomedical specimens for ongoing research and development of future cures of diseases are safe from temperature excursions that can damage them—which can render time and research useless or, even worse, harm patients who have been exposed to spoiled pharmaceuticals.
Medi-Products exclusively builds battery backup power systems, ensuring that everyone in your facility can feel at ease knowing your medical freezers and refrigerators will never have to experience irregular power supply and put your biomedical inventory at risk or change of state.
As mentioned above, you can use an indoor generator inside a medical facility, but you cannot safely use a gasoline generator in the same manner. Due to the chemical composition of exhaust fumes created during combustion—using a gasoline generator indoors is generally illegal due to how extremely dangerous it is and the risks involved, such as:
First of all, Medi-Products entire line of Indoor powered generators are manufactured 100% in the USA—right in our facility in Brewster, NY. Thus, you are assured that your generator is made from high-quality parts and assembled, by hand by highly trained experts who know your system better than the back of their hand. However there are some additional benefits you may enjoy when using yours such as:
Medical facilities typically have to meet the stringent requirements of the Centre for Disease Control (CDC), and other accrediting bodies when setting up their freezers and refrigerators. They usually monitor the appliances with NIST traceable thermometers that track and record their temperatures.
However, no matter how upgraded and cutting edge these appliances or their tracking devices may be, they still need a constant power supply as none of them will work if a power outage occurs.
Thus, an indoor power generator that provides an uninterruptible power supply for medical refrigerators and freezers is non-negotiable if you run or work in any of the following types of facilities:
With an efficient indoor power generator, you can improve your drug and research efficiency, provide peace of mind for your patients, reduce the risk of loss, and, most importantly, protect your bottom line.
At Medi-Products, we designed our products with you, the final consumer, in mind. As a result, our units are easy to install and need little to no maintenance at all. The only maintenance you will be required to make is changing the batteries once every four years.
When you purchase a Medi-Products unit, the unit comes pre-charged and ready to be installed. All you need to do is plug the system into the wall and plug the appliance into the system, and you are ready to go.
What’s more, our backup systems are designed to be compact and fit easily into any sized room, so you do not have to worry about customizing a space to meet the required standard for having an indoor generator. If you need further clarifications about getting an indoor power generator for your facility, please reach out to us. We will be happy to answer all of your questions.