Lets put it this way... a 25KVA generator will produce 100 amps. A 50 KVA will produce 200 amps. You stick a current clamp on a leg going into your breaker panel and see what it's drawing with all your essential stuff running AND when it's STARTING the pumps. I'd be willing to bet it's going to be 75+ amps. A 4 horse compressor can draw upwards of 60 amps just to start... We've got one of those silly chink generators for the house. It's rated at 5500 W I think. Anyway, it makes 20 amps. It's not enough by a long shot. That's with a couple of freezers, a few lights (compact floruscent), a 1/2 horse pump, and probably a 1/4 horse furnace blower motor. If any one of those things cuts in while another is running, it's game over... I'd not even consider anything less than 10000W for a house like this with light electrical loads, and that's just for the basics.
Another way to look at this. You could buy a 15 KVA and be sure of running it with your tractor but mabey not have enough generator or you could buy a 25 KVA and probably have enough. IT might be too much for the tractor to sustain on a steady basis but it could probably start some of those pumps fairly easily, and they do lighten up once they're running... We also have a 25 KVA for the farm and run it on a 45 hp tractor OK when needed. It's light, but it handles it OK.
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