February 4, 2026
Megawattage Blog
Why Generator Failures Rarely Happen During Testing — And Why They Happen During Real Outages
When a backup generator fails, it almost never happens during a scheduled test. It happens during a real outage — when the lights are already out, systems are under pressure, and reliability matters most. For many facilities, this failure feels sudden and unexpected. After all, the generator “passed its last test.” In reality, these failures