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To: thackney

lmao- a 5 kw only pulls 12.5 amps@220.. example- a 5 ton AC pulls aprox 70 amps at start, and 28 amps running— thats just the AC dummie— a avarage home has 200 amp main breaker


114 posted on 04/05/2010 11:34:25 AM PDT by chicken head
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To: chicken head; thackney

Huh?


121 posted on 04/05/2010 12:04:11 PM PDT by Eaker (Where I'm from, "Gang Colors" is Realtree and Mossy Oak. You know what I'm saying hoss. Rule.308.)
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To: chicken head

Dummie?

Name calling already?

A generator doesn’t pull anything, it supplies.

5.5 kW at 220 volts is 25 amps. The math is staight forward.

A small window unit is not even close to 5 tons of A/C.

You don’t size the continuous rating of generator for the inrush draw. The generator and the breaker allow for some start-up current. That is why National Electric Code, table 430.52 has the required fuse or breaker sizes as shown. Motor inrush is typically six times full load amps. But you don’t need a generator six times as big as your motor.

I ran for 5 days without power that way. We didn’t use the Main A/C, stove or oven. But we washed clothes and used other small appliances without overloading the 25 amp breakers on the generator.


126 posted on 04/05/2010 2:05:34 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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