[frannie]

30,000 watts is only 30 kwhs, I don't believe that would heat any size house.

There are 1000 watts in a kwh [the base of electric bills]. Our rate is about 11 cents a kwh [kilowatt hour]. Now if it produces 30 kwhs an hour that is another story.

[takebackaustin]

30,000 watts is 30 kw or kilowatts power ( energy/sec). 30kwh is 30kw for an hour (energy). 30,000 watts does produce 30kwh an hour. Thats the h in kwh.

[HEY4QDEMS]

I wasn't talking about heat, I was talking about electricity I have an 1800 ft house and I have a 25kw whole house generator and when ever I had to use it, it was seamless, TVs, fridge, dishwasher, electric stove, lights, etc.. I didn't have to turn anything off.

To heat my house would require about 18kw alone, thats using the contractors rule of thumb 1kw per 100 sq feet.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Now if it produces 30 kwhs an hour that is another story.

Every generator, I've ever seen has an hourly output, a 5000w generator produces 5kw / hr, a 10,000w produces 10kw / hr, etc.

I would have to assume that the figures alleged in this article represent hourly output.