The NFPA 110 generator checklist: interactive, printable PDF, and Excel
Updated October 9, 2026
Work the weekly-to-annual PM checklist right here with live progress, then take the record with you: a printable PDF form and an Excel (XLSX) log template, free. The enforceable intervals come from the adopted edition and your AHJ.
How do I document NFPA 110 monthly generator tests?
Record each monthly generator test as its own log row: date, technician, run type, runtime, load in kW and percent of nameplate, oil pressure, coolant temperature, voltage, frequency, and transfer time. Note the adopted NFPA 110 edition and the AHJ. Download the monthly test log on this page. The log stores evidence. It does not certify the facility.
The printable PDF and Excel workbook below include that monthly test log. For the standards context behind the row, read how NFPA 110 testing requirements fit together.
What a generator PM checklist covers
A generator PM checklist built around NFPA 110 practice runs on four cadences: a weekly visual inspection, a monthly exercise and transfer test under load, quarterly maintenance, and an annual service that adds fluid changes, fuel testing, and a load bank test where routine loading falls short of the governing criteria. Every completed item should land in a test log with readings and initials. The enforceable intervals, loads, and durations come from the adopted edition of NFPA 110 and the authority having jurisdiction. The checklist organizes the work; it does not set the requirements.
Work the checklist
Four cadences, one unit at a time. Check items off as you confirm them; each section tracks its own progress.
Overall progress: 0 of 45 items
Progress lives on this page only and clears on refresh. For a record you can file, download the PDF or Excel below. PowerOps can retain submitted field records and audited workflow approvals.
Weekly inspection
A documented weekly walk-around is standard practice for an emergency power supply system. Mark each item as you confirm it, and record readings in your log.
Monthly exercise & transfer test
Run the set under load on the monthly cadence and record the results. The loading criteria come from the adopted edition and your AHJ — record what you ran and how the unit behaved.
Quarterly maintenance
In addition to all weekly and monthly items.
Annual maintenance
In addition to all weekly, monthly, and quarterly items. Load bank duration and profile come from the adopted edition and your AHJ.
Take it to the field: printable PDF + Excel
The same checklist as a form you can file.
Printable PDF form
Weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual task tables with checkboxes, reading blanks, and a generator test log, built for a clipboard.
Excel (XLSX) log template
One sheet per cadence plus unit info and a test-log sheet, one row per exercise or test event, for shops that live in spreadsheets.
NFPA 110 Generator PM Checklist & Test Log
Both formats, free: the printable PDF form and the Excel (XLSX) workbook. Instant download plus an email copy.
Running a load bank?
There is a matching load bank test log (planned load profile, readings under load, observations, and sign-offs) in the load bank testing guide.
Who sets the real requirements
This checklist summarizes how the industry tends to organize generator PM work. It does not reproduce NFPA 110, and it cannot: the enforceable tasks, intervals, loads, and durations depend on the system’s classification, the edition your jurisdiction adopted, and the authority having jurisdiction, with the manufacturer’s instructions layered on top. Where those sources differ, the stricter requirement governs.
For the cadence framework in plain English, see the generator maintenance schedule page. For how NFPA 110 classifies systems and structures its testing, see the NFPA 110 testing requirements guide.
Questions and answers
How do I document NFPA 110 monthly generator tests?
Record each monthly generator test as its own log row: date, technician, run type, runtime, load in kW and percent of nameplate, oil pressure, coolant temperature, voltage, frequency, and transfer time. Note the adopted NFPA 110 edition and the AHJ. Download the monthly test log on this page. The log stores evidence. It does not certify the facility.
Is there a printable PDF version of this checklist?
Yes. The download on this page is a printable PDF form with the weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual tasks plus a generator test log, formatted for a clipboard in the field. Enter a work email and both the PDF and the Excel edition are yours free.
Is there an Excel (XLSX) version of the generator PM checklist?
Yes. The same download includes an XLSX workbook: one sheet per cadence (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual), a unit-information sheet, and a test-log sheet with a row per exercise or test event, for shops that keep maintenance records in spreadsheets.
Does completing this checklist make a facility NFPA 110 compliant?
No. The checklist summarizes common industry practice and helps you run a disciplined program, but compliance is judged by the authority having jurisdiction against the edition of the standard your jurisdiction adopted. The enforceable tasks, intervals, loads, and durations live there, and where the manufacturer’s instructions are stricter, the stricter requirement governs.
What intervals does NFPA 110 require?
It depends on the system’s classification, the edition your jurisdiction adopted, and your AHJ. The weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual grouping here reflects how the industry tends to organize the work; treat it as a starting framework and confirm the enforceable specifics with the AHJ before you commit a schedule to a contract.
What should a generator test log record?
One row per event: the date, the type of run (weekly no-load check, monthly load transfer, load bank, or a real outage), run time, load in kW and percent of nameplate, oil pressure, coolant temperature, voltage, frequency, transfer time, and the initials of the person who ran it. Both download formats on this page include that log.
Keep the checklist and review the completed record.
PowerOps stores submitted field evidence against equipment. Audited completion records the approving account, server timestamp, and captured record snapshot. Review the work and evidence against the applicable requirements; a saved record does not certify compliance.