@@datboired832 Its not about the square footage of your home but rather what are you planning to run when the power go's out. Off gasoline it will power every thing in my home 4 ton AC, refrigerator 4 bedroom living room ,dining room both bathrooms 2 Flat screen TVs , the entire house. But I plan to have it connected directly to my natural gas line, which I know will draw less power, but the flip side to that is I don't have to worry about looking for fuel during a hurricane . But as long as it powers my AC central air unit my refrigerator, kitchen lights and my living room I'm ok with it . This will be a future project .
I ran my Wgen7500DF for 192 hours starting as soon as Beryl's winds had died down a little. Power out at 6AM on Monday morning, generator cranked up at 11:45AM. Only shut it down long enough to switch propane tanks, fill the tank with gas, or change the oil. It ran my fridge, upright freezer, a few lights and fans, and a 6K BTU window unit. Eight days and then some, but we were fairly comfortable.
Firman tri-fuel generator ( the biggest one they have). Bought it after the deep freeze and knew I needed to evaluate my needs for a hurricane.. hurricane Beryl hit and we were without power for 7 full days. We hooked it up to the natural gas and ran the following: 2 freezers 2refrigerators Small portable ac Pool pumps All outlets and lights in the house Ceiling fans and portable fans Dishwasher Washing machine (gas dryer) Did not run the house AC units nor did we run the electric stove or ovens We have a chefs butane grill for cooking. We are looking into maybe getting a Westinghouse tri fuel. They make a larger watt generator.
I used a miller welder 500d during a ice storm for 10 days and ran everything 24hrs and it is diesel and used a half a gallon every 2hrs total diesel was 108 gallons of diesel it is a 50amp plug and 25kW generator-welder! It is the best emergency generator for home or business during power outages!
I love hearing that I live in oil country and there’s a ton of guys who have big old welders on the back of their truck and they tend to use them during power outages as well. I think it’s a great solution, especially if you already have one.
Thank you so much for this video i appreciate it and has helped in my decision on picking. Only thing i didnt hear about what could run on a generator is my central AC But I'll look at how much wattage it uses
Thank you, and yes, I want key Basics only, and will need min 5000k running, yes on the inverter but that's hard to find at about $1000.00 I have natural gas but neither County nor big Elec Co know if we lose NG if big grid were to go down. So, propane it is, for me. I'd prefer a dual fuel for best case but regardless I'd now need some big tanks. My last problem in this selection is weight (gen & tanks). I'm female, sr cit, so...now need evtg on wheels. or buy smaller x2. Hmm. Fun fun. At least, with your video, you have confirmed what I was navigating towards and that's a relief!! Thank you! Edit: Might go with a somewhat DIY battery bank and a smaller lighter generator, too. I do like that idea.
Good afternoon, I purchased a Westinghouse WGen9500DF. I want his to run my main hose that's around 1300 sq ft. 2 ton AC, hot tub, 2 refrigerators, security system, and 1 tv for my sanity. If the house floods in the jeep it goes along with our coachman 185bhs it goes. Is there a nifty device the electrician can install to show running watts. I have a small breaker panel inside and outside is my main panel.
OK what if I do have sensitive equipment like a CPAP and I want to run my whole house and I can spend about $2000 not including the electrician and plumber
I've got a 6 TON AC..will a portable Generator Drive this? What Generator wattage would you reommend on Would want to run the AC, Refrigerator, 4 lights, TV.
Yes but you would need a pretty large portable generator to run a 6 ton AC unit plus other circuits in your home. I would go for a 18 to 20,000KW generator but I would find out how many starting amps your 6 ton AC unit uses this info can be found on your AC units name plate listed as RLA (run load amps). Starting ampage can vary from unit to unit, for example your AC unit could have 45 running Amps and upwards of 70 starting amps!! which would be a massive load on any portable generator. The good news is you can buy a soft start or a hard start kit for your AC unit. Having this installed can potentially have cut the starting ampage in half and allow the portable generator to start the compressor on your AC unit without a hitch.
Yes I own a version of it and there should be three videos at least on my channel this is the first ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f7OPXYgcvg0.htmlsi=ynC9qdBhyQBVxkGv Excuse the poorer quality I was just getting start back then
So I just installed an interlock kit on my panel to feed my generator into when the power goes out. The problem is I bought a hook up for a 30 amp circuit at 220 volts and my generator is a smaller 30 amp at 110 volts. Since amps multiplied by volts = watts does that mean I could buy a 7500 watt generator to take full advantage of my hook up? In the mean time I bout a conversion plug to go from my generator to my 4 prong box.
I bought the Firman Tri fuel generator you feature in several videos. A natural gas option is a game changer especially if power is out for a couple of days.
My house i have seen up to 14K watts .... Thats AC running, Stove (cooking), washer and dryer going with the living room lights and ceiling fans and TV on.
1:17 I came here to learn about powering a home with a generator during an emergency and i do not know much about that topic but I am very familiar with electronics. If you have sensitive life saving equipment or just something extremely expensive you can not just get an inverter. You need what is called a "pure sine inverter" and if that's all you need to know great, but I'll briefly explain why further. Ac current in the US uses 240v or 120v at 60hz and that means the voltage alternates peak to peak 60 times a second. This happens because as the coils in the generators at power plants get closer to the other coil the power goes slowly up and as it goes away it goes slowly down. Reproducing this with just components we use steps. The cheaper the inverter the less steps used. So if you looked at it on an oscilloscope it would look like a staircase rather than waves. Generally, more expensive inverters use more steps to "rough out the edges" of each increase and decrease. They often called this pure sine wave inverters. So if your life depends on a piece of equipment you should consider that. I forgot to say thanks for putting this out. It was very informative and helps with picking the correct generator.
