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re: Natural gas, home generators, thoughts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 8:28 pm to Booyow
Posted on 8/17/23 at 8:28 pm to Booyow
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I think you are going to be disappointed with that size. I’m about 4k sf with 3 ACs and was told that I’d have to choose what AC that I wanted to run with a 26kw generator.
You can operate a 4,000 sq. ft home & 3 A/C units with a 26KW. You can load manage the units and prioritize which ones to cycle off automatically before your generator overloads. You would not need to manually choose which ones you want to operate. This is assuming you have a gas water heater and heat.
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Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:32 pm to jagrays
6400sq.. feet. Pool, koi pond. 3 Trane heat pump units. Generac 36kw unit. Natural gas. Never a problem. Exercises 30” once a week.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:57 pm to jagrays
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You can operate a 4,000 sq. ft home & 3 A/C units with a 26KW.
My parents run all 3 of their HVAC in a similar square footage with a Honeywell 24kW. They have 5 ton, 3 ton, and 2.5 tons units all with hard start kits on them. If they had soft starters I doubt the generator would even feel them on startup.
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This is assuming you have a gas water heater and heat.
Agreed here - anything that uses resistive heating is a very large electrical load. That will load up the generator quickly.
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