- Why are there so few stations on this list?
- Because both gates are strict and deliberately so. Requiring a published switchover time and two days of usable reserve removes most of the catalog, and we would rather publish a short list than a reassuring one.
- Why does this list have so few entries?
- Because both requirements remove most of the catalog, and a short honest list is better than a long reassuring one. A station absent here is not unsafe; it simply does not publish what these gates require.
- Can I rely on a power station for equipment I depend on?
- That is not a question this site is qualified to answer, and it is not one that should be settled from specifications. Your equipment’s manual, your care team, and your local emergency preparedness guidance are the authorities; this page only shows which stations meet two stated engineering gates.
- Why model the devices as running continuously when they do not?
- Because the error direction matters more than the accuracy here. A nebulizer runs for minutes at a time, so treating it as constant overstates the load — and an overstated load produces a larger reserve, which is the failure we would rather have. Anywhere else on this site that assumption would be a bug.
- Does a longer switchover time mean the station is unsuitable?
- It means we cannot tell you what happens at the moment of the cut, which is not the same finding. Some equipment restarts happily and some does not, and the manual for your own device is where that answer lives rather than in any battery specification.