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GENERATOR SERIES
|
Appliances or Tools |
Rated (Running) Watt |
Surge (Starting) Watt |
|
Basic Needs |
|
|
|
Light Bulb-100 Watt |
100 |
- |
|
Deep Freezer |
500 |
1000 |
|
Sump Pump |
800 |
2000 |
|
Refrigerator/ Freezer |
800 |
2400 |
|
Heating/ Cooling Needs |
|
|
|
Window Fan |
300 |
900 |
|
Furnace Fan Blower- ½ HP |
800 |
2100 |
|
Kitchen Needs |
|
|
|
Microwave Oven-1000W |
1000 |
- |
|
Coffee Maker |
1500 |
- |
|
Electic Stove-Single Element |
1500 |
- |
|
Toaster |
1000 |
- |
|
Hot Plate |
2500 |
- |
|
Entertainment/ Family Needs |
|
|
|
DVD/ CD Player |
100 |
- |
|
VCR |
100 |
- |
|
Stereo Receiver |
450 |
- |
|
Color TV 27” |
500 |
- |
|
Personal Computer |
800 |
- |
|
Tools |
|
|
|
Paint Sprayer, Airless (1/3HP) |
600 |
1800 |
|
Battery Charger |
500 |
- |
|
Electric Drill, ½ HP |
1000 |
2000 |
|
Circular saw |
1000 |
2000 |
|
Other |
|
|
|
Quartz Halogen Work Light |
1000 |
- |
|
Hair Dryer |
1200 |
- |
|
Security System |
180 |
- |
or appliances for actual wattage.
watts for the items you will power at the same time. Compare the generator nameplate data
with that of the equipment to be used to ensure that watts, volts, amperage, and frequency
requirements are suitable for operating equipment. The wattage listed on the equipment
nameplate is its rated output. However, some equipment may require three to ten times more
wattage than its rating on the nameplate as you can see in the above table.
Follow these simple steps to know how many devices you can connect to your generator.
1. Select the items you will power at the same time.
2. Total the rated (running) watts of these items.
3. Estimate how many surge (starting) watts you will need. Since not all motors start at the
same time, total surge watts can be estimated by adding only the item(s) with the highest
additional surge watts to the total rated watts from step 2.
Caution:
* When an extension cord is required, be sure to use a tough rubber sheathed flexible
cable.
* Limit length of extension cables to 60 m for cables of 1.5 mm2 and 100 m for cables of
2.5mm2
If you need to use extension cord to power your devices, you will have some voltage drop.
to have the minimum voltage drop between your generator and point of use, the extension
cords should be sized properly. Following chart shows the maximum extension cord length
for different size of cords and various load wattages.
|
Current/ Power |
Maximum Extension Cord Length | ||||
|
Amps at 120V |
Load (Watt) |
#10 gage |
#12 gage |
#14 gage |
#16 gage |
|
10 |
1200 |
250’ |
150’ |
100’ |
75’ |
|
20 |
2400 |
125’ |
75’ |
50’ |
25’ |
|
30 |
3600 |
60’ |
35’ |
25’ |
10’ |
|
40 |
4800 |
30’ |
15’ |
10’ |
* |
|
50 |
6000 |
15’ |
* |
* |
* |
