With Automatic Home Standby Generators from Carrier... Home Owners Resume Normal Life During Power Loss, Outages

INDIANAPOLIS, April 19, 2005 – Creating customized home comfort systems for the past century, Carrier Corporation sheds new light on power loss and power outages for homeowners in the new millennium. The large-scale blackouts of 2003 put the spotlight on the aging United States power grid; since then, improvement efforts have stalled, and it's estimated that power outages and fluctuations cost the U.S. $30 billion in productivity annually. But there is protection from an unexpected power outage for the average homeowner: adding automatic power generators to their total heating and cooling systems.

The Automatic Home Standby Generator from Carrier is more convenient and more powerful than retail portable generators, offering homeowners the ability to restore power and maintain a relatively normal routine during power outages. Unlike portable generators that must be refilled with gas, using up to 400 gallons over a 2 week span, the Automatic Home Standby Generator is powered by natural or LP gas and is permanently fixed outside the home. When power outages occur, the system automatically senses loss of electricity and restores power to the selected circuits in about 30 seconds.

The Carrier generator enables the continuous operation of vital equipment in the home powering up to 12 circuits. Now, during power outages a resident can enjoy a safe, comfortable and inhabitable home without any interruption of service from electrical appliances like heating and cooling systems, refrigerators and freezers, TVs and much more.

"Short and long-term power outages occur often due to severe weather and over-loaded power grids," said Sylvia Kainz, director brand marketing, Carrier North America Residential Sales and Marketing. "With the Automatic Home Standby Generator, Carrier offers a total solution to home comfort systems at an affordable price and gives homeowners peace of mind in the event of a power outage."

HVAC Dealer Benefits

Not only does the Automatic Home Standby Generator make life easier for the homeowner, it can help Carrier dealers and distributors improve their business. The system is easy to install and comes equipped with everything an HVAC dealer needs.

"Our HVAC dealers now have more opportunity to grow their business and increase their profits by adding this new product line to their offering," said Kainz. "It also gives our dealers an opportunity to reconnect with existing customers and tap into additional markets."

Because power outages can occur any time of year, the Automatic Home Standby Generator is a necessary appliance in all 4 seasons, creating opportunities for off season sales as well.

Innovating heating and cooling for more than a century, Carrier brings the total solution to homeowners and dealers.

For more information on the Automatic Home Standby Generator, visit Carrier's web site: www.carrier.com; or contact your local Carrier distributor.

Carrier Corporation, headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut, is the world's largest company providing heating, air conditioning and refrigeration solutions, with operations in 172 countries. It is part of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), a Hartford, Connecticut-based provider of a broad range of high-technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries.