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Title: All Thingz Electric Urges Orange County Homeowners to Service Backup Generators Before Fall Outage Season

Aliso Viejo, California, United States, 21st Aug 2026 - All Thingz Electric, a licensed electrical contractor serving Aliso Viejo and the surrounding South Orange County communities, is advising homeowners to have backup generators and transfer switches inspected now, ahead of the Santa Ana wind season responsible for most of Southern California's fall power shutoffs.Fall Is When Orange County Loses PowerSouthern California Edison runs Public Safety Power Shutoffs when high wind and dry brush raise wildfire risk. Those conditions concentrate in September, October, and November. Shutoffs last hours and sometimes stretch into a second day. Hillside and canyon-adjacent neighborhoods across South Orange County sit inside the highest-risk zones, and a single event takes out entire streets at once.A standby generator protects a home only if it starts and carries the load. Most residential units run a short weekly self-test. The self-test confirms the engine turns over. It does not confirm the unit holds a full household load for eight hours, and it misses a failing starting battery, stale fuel, a clogged air filter, or a transfer switch stuck in the utility position."Almost nobody calls us during an outage because their generator died of old age," said Anthony Feeney, founder and certified journeyman electrician at All Thingz Electric. “They call because the unit has not been touched since the day it was installed. A dead starting battery stops a five-year-old generator as fast as a fifteen-year-old one.”What a Pre-Season Service Visit CoversAll Thingz Electric technicians load-test the starting battery, change oil and filters against hours run rather than the calendar, verify fuel supply pressure on natural gas and propane systems, and operate the automatic transfe...

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