Bayou Pirate - I plan on running 2-3 window 6-8000 BTU window with everything else in my home except my 5 ton A/C. Right now I am planning on upgrading to a 10K continous portable generator converted to NG.
From the information I have read here I went and checked on what circuits are where in my box and it turns out that I have an imbalanced load in the box. On 1 pole my 2 freezers, icebox and main living room plugs (TV, window unit, fans) are all on the same pole which makes sense why it seemed my generator was having trouble with the load. Those items combined were over 23 AMPs. It just so happened I shut 1 freezer down and the generator ran better but was still struggling.
When the electrician comes to wire my 50 AMP plug I will see if he can rewire a couple of circuits to help balance the load in the box. If I would have a balance box my 5.6KW could run a whole bunch of other things alot easier.
From the information I have read here I went and checked on what circuits are where in my box and it turns out that I have an imbalanced load in the box. On 1 pole my 2 freezers, icebox and main living room plugs (TV, window unit, fans) are all on the same pole which makes sense why it seemed my generator was having trouble with the load. Those items combined were over 23 AMPs. It just so happened I shut 1 freezer down and the generator ran better but was still struggling.
When the electrician comes to wire my 50 AMP plug I will see if he can rewire a couple of circuits to help balance the load in the box. If I would have a balance box my 5.6KW could run a whole bunch of other things alot easier.
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