The center's four generators automatically kick on, as they did on Thursday, he said.

An automatic generator kicks in when electrical power is lost.

The diesel engine ran up to speed an settled at a steady beat, then the generator kicked in and the lights flickered and bloomed.

A generator kicked in somewhere in the house.

Since six years the village has been connected to electricity via Tanesco, although there are frequent power outages (in which case a generator kicks in).

They scared him into dementia before Arkham's generator kicked in and they were rounded up.

Somewhere beyond the trees, a generator kicked into life sending a scattering of rooks cawing into the sky.

"Four minutes until the generator kicks in, and another half a minute for the effect to propagate."

First, the building's backup generator kicked in, and then the company's own generator kicked in for its individual floors.

When Hurricane Katrina hit in August, the generator kicked into gear automatically after the power failed.