what size generator do i need to run my whole house

 To find the size generator you will need to run your whole house y, you will need to answer the following question

1.       What  electric appliances do you have in your house

2.       What are their wattage

3.       Do you operate them all at the same time.

Let us begin with the  first question.   To know the size of generator to run your whole house you will need to  take note of all the appliances in your home, do you have a refrigerator, air conditioners, microwave oceans, table fans, television, mobile phone charges etc.

  The number of  electric appliances you have at home will determine the size of generator you will need, a small number of appliances will mean small watt generator and a large number of appliances will man large  watt generators.

 The second question what is the wattage of your home appliances ,  home appliances are rated in two ways, they have the maximum watt and the minimum watt, the maximum watt is the starting watt while the minimum watt is the running watt, must appliance are rated using the running watt, their when finding the wattage of your appliances use the maximum 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.

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.

What you will  have to do is to sum up the peak maximum watt of all your appliances , doing tis will give you the size of the generator you need.

Note that generators are also rated in two ways , they have the starting watt and the running watt, the starting watt is the maximum power they need to start while the running watt is the amount of load they can support.  Therefore a 5000 watt generator should  have a starting watt greater than 5000 watt.

 The 3^rd question, do you  run all your appliances at the same time , if yes , then you will need a  generator  that has it running watts equal to the sum of their total maximum watt.

 Note the size of your generator will be the sum of the peak watt of all your electric appliances.