[AnAmericanMother]

They put their generators in the basement because they are HEAVY.

If you put them on an upper floor, the underpinnings may have to be specially reinforced . . . plus there's the problem of getting the monsters upstairs (especially if they exceed the freight elevator's rating).

But that's a case of penny wise, pound foolish. About two thirds of the way up and near the elevator shaft is probably a good bet, but I'd defer to any civil engineers around here . . . I'm just a former insurance investigator with a little experience in structural collapses . . .

[hummingbird]

Thanks, AnAmericanMother. Makes sense. Wonder if they put them back in the basement but somehow isolated them like you would do on a submarine with chambers and locking systems or whatever they are called?