how to choose a generator for home use

           

 To choose a generator for your home use is very simple , all what you need to do

 is take the following into consideration,

1.       The number of electric appliances you have

2.       The wattage of your electric appliances

3.        Do you use all your appliances at the same time

Generator are rated in in two ways. The have the starting watt and the running watt, the starting watt is the power required by the generator to start while the running watt is load the generator can support.

 Likewise electric appliances are also rated n the same way, they have the starting watt or the maximum watt and the running watt or the minimum watt, the maximum watt is the power required by the generator to kick start while the running watt is the  minimum power it can have when in operation.

 Therefore to choose a generator, for your home use, you will have to answer the above question,

 Let us start by the first one,

 The number of  electric appliances you need is very important in choosing a generator, a large number of appliances means  a large watt generator and a small number of electric appliances means a small watt generator,

 The 2^nd  question is the power requirement of all your home appliances,  will the generator you are intending to buy support your power requirement, what are your power require and how do you calculate it.

  All home appliances are rated in two ways, they have maximum watt and the minimum watt,  but are mostly rated using the minimum watt,  for example 10 watt table fan can have a maximum watt of 25 watt. All appliances will start with the maximum watt, therefore when  calculating the power requirement of a device we use the maximum watt.

 Therefore to find the total power requirement of your home devices , you sum up all the their maximum watt and the value you obtain in watt is the size of generator you want, for example the total watt is 1000 watt then you will need a 10000 watt generator.