Southern New Hampshire
RoseWater Energy systems for homes on the Seacoast in Rye, New Castle and Portsmouth, and inland in Bedford, Windham, Amherst and Hollis.
Boston Backup Power designs RoseWater Energy systems for homes in southern New Hampshire, on the Seacoast from Portsmouth and New Castle down through Rye and North Hampton, and inland from Salem and Windham to Bedford, Amherst and Hollis.
New Hampshire homes deal with ice, heavy snow and long rural lines through the woods, and the Seacoast adds salt air and coastal storms. A RoseWater HUB keeps the systems you choose running without a blink when the grid fails, and it filters and regulates the power the house uses every day.
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Ice storms and outages in New Hampshire
Southern New Hampshire loses power mostly to ice and heavy snow on trees along the overhead lines. The December 2008 ice storm caused the largest power outage in the state's history, and some homes were without power for well over a week.
Eversource is the largest utility in the state, and Unitil, Liberty and the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative serve other parts of southern New Hampshire. Rural lines through the woods take longer to restore after a big storm, which is why so many homes here already have a generator.
A generator handles the long outage. It does not cover the seconds before it starts, and it does nothing about everyday sags and surges. A HUB covers both, and it can work with the generator you already have.
Homes in southern New Hampshire
On the Seacoast, the houses run from historic homes in Portsmouth and New Castle to large shingle-style and newer houses on the water in Rye and North Hampton. Inland, towns like Bedford, Windham, Amherst and Hollis have colonials and newer estates on wooded lots of an acre or more.
Many inland homes are on private wells and septic systems, and many heat with equipment that needs power to run. When the power goes out, the house loses water and heat as well as lights. Those are the first decisions in your Power Plan.
New construction is still steady in this part of the state. If you are building, we can give your builder and electrician the mechanical room space and the panel layout early.
Cold, salt air and where the system goes
Inside the house is the right place for a HUB. RoseWater designs HUBs for indoor installation in a garage or basement, without air conditioning, in a space about 3.5 feet wide, 3 feet deep and 8 feet high with 36 inches clear in front.
An unheated New Hampshire garage in January is a different room from a garage in Florida. Before we choose a garage location, we confirm it with RoseWater's engineering team. A finished basement or a conditioned mechanical room is often the simpler choice inland.
On the Seacoast, the same coastal rules apply as anywhere on the water. Keep the equipment out of salt spray and away from any basement that floods, because RoseWater's warranty does not cover water damage. The HUB40 can go outdoors in RoseWater's climate-controlled enclosure when there is no good room inside.
Cabinet sizes and specs for each system are on the HUB20, HUB40 and 3-Phase pages.
Homes we design for in southern New Hampshire
Seacoast homes
Houses on the water in Rye, New Castle and North Hampton, where salt air and coastal storms decide where the equipment goes.
Homes on wells
Inland homes where an outage also stops the well pump. We size the system around water and heat as well as the technology.
Homes with a generator
RoseWater HUBs work with one or more generators. The HUB covers the gap and conditions the power, and the generator covers the long outage.
New construction
New homes in Bedford, Windham, Amherst and Hollis, planned with the builder and electrician before the walls close.
Towns we serve in southern New Hampshire
- Portsmouth
- New Castle
- Rye
- North Hampton
- Hampton
- Greenland
- Stratham
- Exeter
- Durham
- Salem
- Windham
- Pelham
- Nashua
- Hollis
- Amherst
- Bedford
- Londonderry
- Manchester
- Concord
If you are south of the Lakes Region, we cover your town. Ask if it is not listed.
How a project runs in southern New Hampshire
Southern New Hampshire and the Seacoast are a reasonable drive from our shop in Norwood, so we schedule site visits like any other local project. We work with your New Hampshire electrician or bring in one we trust for the tie-in at the main panel, coordinate with your generator dealer, and register the project with RoseWater's engineering team. RoseWater technicians commission the system with us, and we support it after that.
Build your Power Plan
Use the Power Plan on this site or call us. You pick what has to stay on, from the network and lighting control to the well pump and the wine room.
Site visit
We look at your electrical service, the main panel and subpanels, and the rooms that could hold the cabinets. On new builds we work from the single-line diagram, riser diagrams and panel schedules.
Design with RoseWater
We register the project with RoseWater's engineering team, size the HUB and battery storage to your plan, and send you a written proposal.
Electrical tie-in
A licensed electrician connects the system at the main panel. We coordinate your electrician or bring in one we trust, along with any generator or solar partner.
Commissioning
RoseWater technicians deliver the cabinets and commission the system on site with us. Commissioning by RoseWater-trained personnel starts the three-year warranty.
Integration and support
We set up monitoring and alerts, tie the system into your home's other systems, and stay your first call for service and warranty questions.
The first step is the Power Plan. If you would rather talk it through, use the contact form or call (781) 333-8003. You can also read about our backup power installation and design services and whole-home battery backup for homes.
Questions about backup power in southern New Hampshire
We already have a generator. Why add a HUB?
We already have a generator. Why add a HUB?
Because a generator only starts after the power is out, and it does nothing for the sags and surges in between. A HUB carries the house through that gap with zero transfer time, conditions the generator's power while it runs, and conditions grid power every other day of the year.
Can a HUB go in an unheated garage in New Hampshire?
Can a HUB go in an unheated garage in New Hampshire?
Possibly. RoseWater designs HUBs for indoor installation in a garage or basement without air conditioning. Because New Hampshire garages get very cold, we confirm any garage location with RoseWater's engineering team before we commit to it.
Do you serve the New Hampshire Seacoast?
Do you serve the New Hampshire Seacoast?
Yes. We serve Portsmouth, New Castle, Rye, North Hampton, Hampton, Exeter and the towns around them, as well as southern New Hampshire inland from Salem and Windham to Bedford and Concord.
Plan for the Next Ice Storm
Build a Power Plan for your New Hampshire home. Tell us about the well, the heat and the systems you rely on, and we will design the system around them.