You must not have a well pump!Update -- I picked up a Honda EU2200i generator. The newest one with Bluetooth and the CO2 Minder. I couldn't pass this deal up. Brand-new in box for $500.
Guy I bought it from had picked it up this spring for camping, but with the current events, never went camping, sold the camper and has been trying to sell the generator.
Gave it a fresh fill of Rotella Gas Truck 5W-30 last night and a drink of some non-ethanol 91 with Marine Blue Stabil. Fired right up and tested the pellet stove on it. The Pellet stove pulls only 120 watts while running! Have no doubt this thing, while it is small, will power enough items to keep us and the house safe in the event of a power outage in the winter months.
Bought 2 more VP cans also.
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You must not have a well pump!
And as I have found out if you have 2 wires & ground going to pump it takes more than if you have 3 wires & ground. With 3 wires the pump control box and starting capacitor are in the house next to pump tank.You are correct, no well pump.
That changes the game, I got by on portables for decade in town as the water component remained working.I do a lot of dry camping and collected 2 honda 2k's and a yamaha 3000 over the years.You must not have a well pump!
My DE house has a water pump and a 4 ton & 6 ton heat pumps. With electric booster coils. One of the circuit breakers for the HVAC is 70 amp. Thats 15,000 watts for half of one heat pump, My 8KW Winco generator from my NY house (with oil heat, gas cooking) will definitely not cut it.That changes the game, I got by on portables for decade in town as the water component remained working.I do a lot of dry camping and collected 2 honda 2k's and a yamaha 3000 over the years.
Now I have a well pump.
Outages with power are one thing - outages without running water are something else.
I also went from a 9K BTU window shaker to a 5ton central unit.
Instead of having 1-2 outages for a few hours a year I go down at least a full 7 days a year and partial another week of possible rolling blackouts.
This was the only solution to make it all work.
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My DE house has a water pump and a 4 ton & 6 ton heat pumps. With electric booster coils. One of the circuit breakers for the HVAC is 70 amp. Thats 15,000 watts for half of one heat pump, My 8KW Winco generator from my NY house (with oil heat, gas cooking) will definitely not cut it.
The electric booster coils are part of the heat pump. When the heat pump needs to go into defrost mode in the winter it reverses into being an AC for a few minutes to heat up the outside coil and melt ice. So the system is not pushing cold air into the house during defrost it turns on booster coils. The booster coils may also come on if it gets really cold and the heat pump cannot make enough heat.That a whole lotta load.
Are you running a snow melt system?
Game changer in terms of power outages. The most miserable part to me its lack of water make life pretty much not livable after 8 hrs.You are correct, no well pump.