I bought a Westinghouse trifuel 10500. It recommends a 5 hour break in period of nothing above 50% load. Is it sufficient enough if I just run my deep freezer for 5 hours? Or should I put more load on it?

2 ...

Report Post

Posted by Clames

Member since Oct 2010

17779 posts

Posted on 6/29/24 at 6:25 pm to Tiger328

Freezer isn't going to put much of a load on it, run a space heater or two.

1 ...

Report Post

Posted by btrcj

Baton Rouge

Member since Mar 2019

681 posts

Posted on 6/29/24 at 6:28 pm to Tiger328

Not sure about yours but my chest freezer uses less then 200w when compressor is on. Which is about 10 to 20% of time.

Not much of a load for a 10k generator.
I would load it down at least 3 or 4 k if you can.

0 ...

Report Post

Posted by Tiger328

Member since Mar 2017

781 posts

Posted on 6/29/24 at 6:31 pm to Clames

I just didn’t have a space heater. I’ve been cycling on a blow dryer every 20 mins or so for 10 mins just to get it loaded some. Almost done with the 5 hours. Is that okay that I didn’t put too much of a load, but just got it running?

1 ...

Report Post

Posted by Clames

Member since Oct 2010

17779 posts

Posted on 6/29/24 at 7:07 pm to Tiger328

A good load will help seat the rings, you really aren't going to hurt it by putting it at a 50% baseline then going up around 75% at times. Plus, if something does go wrong it's better to know now than when you really need it.

1 ...

Report Post

Posted by Tiger328

Member since Mar 2017

781 posts

Posted on 6/29/24 at 7:09 pm to Clames

My electrician is setting me up next weekend so I’ll really be able to load test it again. I just wanted to get some run time on it first and make sure it all works

Page 1