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How much of my house could I run

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old

02-20-2006 13:10:10




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I just picked up a Koler 6.6KW generator and would like to know how much of my house this thing might run if I loose the power some time. My house is all eletric so I know it will not keep up with every thing but will it say run my furnace and maybe a little more??
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jdemaris

02-20-2006 18:38:39




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 Re: How much of my house could I run in reply to old, 02-20-2006 13:10:10  
I don't know exactly what you mean when you say your house is "all electric", but if you mean it literally, and have electric hot water and electric resistance heat, forget it. Electricity is extrememly inefficienct for making heat with resistance and draws high current. You'd need a huge generator. Also, some motors need a lot of extra wattage to get started. But, I've used my little 4400 watt generator many times to keep the essentials going in one of my houses - including a 1/2 horse 220 volt well pump, the blower and burner on a hot-air oil furnace, refrigerator and lights. This setup almost trips the generator breaker though if the water pump and furnace motors both start try to start at the same time. I also have a 17 KW PTO generator for my tractor that runs everything with no noticeable effort. Much of is this is now moot for our household though. I changed all the lights to compact flourescents, installed a gravity water system (no pump), installed solar and wood heated hot water, and a low current draw washer, refrigerator, and freezer, and a propane clothes dryer. So, we're down from an average of 100 KWh per month to 300 KWh and will be converting to full solar electric and battery bank soon.

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bil b va

02-20-2006 15:41:05




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 Re: How much of my house could I run in reply to old, 02-20-2006 13:10:10  

you have more there than what you are being told . 6600 watts = 27.5 amps @ 240 volts or 55 amps @ 120 volts . to give you an idea you could light 55 each 100 watt light bulbs all at once . or 6600 watts = 8.8 horse power . a refrigiator is about 1/4 hp or 186.5 watts . a circular saw is about 2 hp . you won't be able to heat your house , heat water or dry clothes but should be able to use your lights ,tv ,ref. and other small apliances at the same time .

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Kendall

02-20-2006 14:59:53




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 Re: How much of my house could I run in reply to old, 02-20-2006 13:10:10  
Step one: find out what your electric furnace is rated at. (220V @ X amps)
Step two: how many amps at 220 will your generator put out? (might be enough!)

what's left over can be used for lights, etc
When not running the furnace (if it will do it) then run fridge and freezer.



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ALC

02-20-2006 14:38:14




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 Re: How much of my house could I run in reply to old, 02-20-2006 13:10:10  
6.6 KW IS GOOD FOR ABOUT 27 AMPS AT 240 VOLT YOU COULD RUN A FEW THINGS AT A TIME OR YOU COULD CYCLE YOUR REFRIG ABOUT ONCE AN HOUR WITH EVERY THING ELSE OFF. AS LONG AS YOU PICK AND CHOOSE YOU COULD RUN THINGS AT DIFFERENT TIMES BUT NOT EXCEED THE 27 AMPS AT 240V



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IA Roy

02-20-2006 13:42:19




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 Re: How much of my house could I run in reply to old, 02-20-2006 13:10:10  
6.6 kw is only equal to 22539 btu of resistance heat, 3415 btu/kw. You better get a gas space heater or woodburner if you are totally electric and want to keep the whole place warm and run the refrigerator and the lights and a few other things.



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Kelly Campbell

02-20-2006 13:27:05




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 Re: How much of my house could I run in reply to old, 02-20-2006 13:10:10  
Might be enough to run the blower on your furnace and the fridge. I'm sure that others will chime in with more accuracte information



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Midwest redneck

02-20-2006 13:19:06




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 Re: How much of my house could I run in reply to old, 02-20-2006 13:10:10  
You need a minimum of a 15KW to run most things, not all at once. 6.6 KW is 6,600/120 = amps. Not much.



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TimS

02-20-2006 19:10:12




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 Re: How much of my house could I run in reply to Midwest redneck, 02-20-2006 13:19:06  
The main electrical loads are the ones that produce heat, electric heat, water heater, etc.

Starting an electrical motor has a much higher load then keeping it running.

An average refrigerator takes 800 watts to start but much less than that once the motor is running.

I have run my whole house and furnace, computers, tv, lights off a 5500 watt generator. The panel I have that the generator plugs into ( transfer switch ) showed that most of the time we were at about 2500 - 3000 watts.

Our furnace is propane heat and works fine running from the generator, the water heater is electric so I didn"t bother to try and run it.

The a/c isn"t hooked to the generator either, I figure that isn"t essential. I have our well pump hooked to it, it works fine.

So....the amount of watts you have is quite a bit for a household..just check the wattage loads of what you are going to run.

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