by Richie O » Mon Jan 01, 2018 6:13 pm
Most back up gen sets for houses are 12, 14k gen sets. ( generac, kolher, ) is the big 2 I see. I have several customers I caretake or plow for that have them and only 2 have a 8k generator. These are all the automatic ones that run themselves. All propane units. One guy has a 36k 4.3 chevy v6 generator for his house.
Pete is right, a 5k will do most things, just not all at once. Stay away from the clothes dryer and any other big power users like range/oven. We just had a power outage due to a big storm a couple months back and several of them ran for 7 days straight. I had to shut them down every other day because all of them SUCK the oil out of them. They all run at 3600 rpm, exhaust red hot. Most of them were burning 20 plus gallons per day. The only 1800 rpm unit is the v6. I run a small honda 650 watt unit to run just the fridge, a light, and the internet. If I need to run more I have a 4000 watt craftsman I bought when I was in highschool ( aka THE NOISE MAKER ) and if I want to go crazy my Lincoln welder has a 50 amp 240 plug. We have a storm coming Thursday that sounds bad. 50 to 65 mph winds, then minus 20 F for a couple days.,,, DRAG.
1989 W250 727, 3.07 L/S, S300, P/S Intercooler, Stans exaust, Pump adjustments, 127k miles,297 hp
1993 W250 extended cab, rag, 4.10 l/s, 6x16's, HTT 62/71/14 piston l/p, Isspro EV series tach, fuel pressure, boost, oil pres, water temp, volt, pryo, 132k/ 301 hp
1992 W250 with NV4500, 3.54's, 16cm 60mm GDS H1C, ground stock cone, Isspro tach, pryo, boost, fuel pressure, slow, rusty, dented,180k