In Russia, sales of diesel electric generators have doubled due to accidents in the housing and communal services system. This is reported with reference to representatives of retail chains. RIA Real Estate.
At the same time, sales of gasoline-powered electric generators increased by approximately 40%.
According to company estimates, the price of generators on an annual basis has increased by about 10%, now the cost of gasoline generators starts from 10 thousand rubles, and the cost of diesel generators starts from 56 thousand rubles.
“Despite their high cost, diesel generators are in higher demand than gasoline generators due to their reliability. They are less sensitive to moisture, they are economical, and their design provides fewer points of failure in the ignition system,” says the publication.
At the same time, most gasoline generators are designed to operate down to minus 20 degrees, and a diesel generator can operate at any temperature with the right fuel selection.
January 10, several thousand residents of Vladivostok left without heating due to an accident.
Due to the operation of the emergency system in Omsk on the same day the light went out.
They had previously said in the State Duma: about the reasons Accident in a boiler room in the Moscow region.