to know the a
generator size for your house first you will have to know the total wattage of
your home appliances ,
most electric home appliances are rated based on the amount
of energy they consume at a time. All
electric appliances almost have two ratings, the starting power and the running
power.
The starting power is
the watt required by an appliance to start while the running watt is the power required by the appliances.
Home appliances are rated using
the running watt.
For example a 300 watt strimmer can have a 500watt
starting watt a 600watt microwave can have 1700watt starting watt. A 7500watt power shower can have a
starting watt of 10500 watt. A 4 watt smart phone charger can have a starting watt of 7watt a
10 watt table fan can have a 25watt starting watt, a 10 watt
tablet charger can have 25watt starting watts,
Alternatively some appliance have same starting and running watt
for example a 400watt submersible water pump can have a starting watt of 400
watt, a 500watt washing machine can have a running watt of 500 watt. a 3000watt
hot water immersion heater has a starting watt of 3000watt,
Similar generator are also rated, there are 2000 watt
generator, 3500 watt and even 12000 watt generators, like electric appliances
generators also have two ratings , the
starting watts and the running watt. The starting watt is power required by the
generator to start while the running watt is the amount of load the generator
can support.
Therefore when
selecting a generator choose the a
generator that can support all you rhome appliances, how do you do that , you
sum up all the stating watts of you home appliances if it is less than the gen
running watt , then you pick the gen, you can find any electric device wattage
in the user manual.
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