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Power at my new house isn’t exactly reliable especially with all the crazy storms we’ve been getting. So I’m starting to plan out what I want to do for a generator. Long term goal is to get one of those hard wired big bastards but my wallet has other ideas. For now I’m thinking going with the Predator super quiet inverter 9500.
https://www.harborfreight.com/9500-watt-super-quiet-inverter-generator-with-co-secure-technology-57080.html
The 67 dB is very nice especially seeing it will be near the bedroom windows. This will also be nice once I have a camper. It will run everything I can throw at it including a welder.
Supposedly it will do 9500W peak but with my limited understanding of how electricity works won’t anything over 7,200w pop the 30 amp breaker? It would need to be a 40 amp correct?
Next, my house has the fanciest back feed setup I’ve ever seen. Currently has a 20amp breaker with a 10/4 cable running outside
To a fuse box with 30 amp fuses
Then goes to a box in front of house with plug.
I’m going to change plug so I can use this for my welder when power is on. Figuring I’ll replace breaker with a 30amp.
Next is the 3 ton, 36,000 btu A/C heat pump. I’m thinking a micro-air easy start 368 should do the trick unless someone has a better idea?
https://www.microair.net/products/easystart-368-6-ton-soft-start-motor-starter-for-115-and-230v-ac-motors
Assuming I’m totally screwed for hot water with the amount of juice my tankless pulls.
(And yes my wife likes to burn a layer of skin off when taking showers hahaha)
In my rental I’d play Apollo 13 with the amount of watts I was getting. Turn whole house off, turn on water heater till it got hot, switch to well pump and a few lights on, take quick shower, turn pump off, turn everything else back on. Thinking I might get a small hot water tank as a backup so I can do this unless someone has a better idea.
This is as far as I’ve gotten in my research. I’m sure more will get dug up as a Jason this.
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https://www.harborfreight.com/9500-watt-super-quiet-inverter-generator-with-co-secure-technology-57080.html
The 67 dB is very nice especially seeing it will be near the bedroom windows. This will also be nice once I have a camper. It will run everything I can throw at it including a welder.
Supposedly it will do 9500W peak but with my limited understanding of how electricity works won’t anything over 7,200w pop the 30 amp breaker? It would need to be a 40 amp correct?
Next, my house has the fanciest back feed setup I’ve ever seen. Currently has a 20amp breaker with a 10/4 cable running outside
To a fuse box with 30 amp fuses
Then goes to a box in front of house with plug.
I’m going to change plug so I can use this for my welder when power is on. Figuring I’ll replace breaker with a 30amp.
Next is the 3 ton, 36,000 btu A/C heat pump. I’m thinking a micro-air easy start 368 should do the trick unless someone has a better idea?
https://www.microair.net/products/easystart-368-6-ton-soft-start-motor-starter-for-115-and-230v-ac-motors
Assuming I’m totally screwed for hot water with the amount of juice my tankless pulls.
(And yes my wife likes to burn a layer of skin off when taking showers hahaha)
In my rental I’d play Apollo 13 with the amount of watts I was getting. Turn whole house off, turn on water heater till it got hot, switch to well pump and a few lights on, take quick shower, turn pump off, turn everything else back on. Thinking I might get a small hot water tank as a backup so I can do this unless someone has a better idea.
This is as far as I’ve gotten in my research. I’m sure more will get dug up as a Jason this.
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