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How to choose the Electric Generator that you need?

When you need to buy an electric generator or a generating set for a caravan, a farm, a company or anywhere you need electricity and where you can turn on a gasoline motor, you first have to know some very important data:

1. List of Devices

Do a list of the tools, lights, machines and devices that you want to turn on at the same time with your electric generator, and note down the power consumption (watt continuous) of everyone of them.

You can use the following table:

If you want to connect other devices to your electric generator, take a look at their fact sheet or manual and note down the continuous power consumption (in Watts) indicated by the manufacturer.

2. Consumption for a Continuous Use

Do the sum of all the consumption powers of the devices and tools that you wrote down on your list to obtain the final continuous consumption power in Watts you will need.

3. Starting Consumption

Now calculate the additional watts you need to start the devices and tools of your list. Only consider the devices or tools with an induction motor. See the items marked with an asterisk (*) in the previous table.

This is a very important factor to consider when you calculate the minimum electrical power you need for your electric generator as induction motors need three-times more power to start (three-times more watts) than what they need to run in continuous.

To calculate the additional watts you need to start the motors, you can use the following table:

To use this table, take a look at the fact sheets or labels of the motors or devices of your list that have an induction motor and note down the power (HP) of everyone of them.

When you have your HP, go see this table and note down the watts you need to start the motors and the watts you need for a continuous use, and sum them.

4. Now sum the results of the points 2 and 3:

Total necessary watts = continuous use watts+ starting watts

5. If you want to calculate easily the consumptions you have to know exactly which electric generator or generating set you need you can use the power translation tables for electric generators that we show you above.

Advantages of our Electric Generators

5 Years of warranty for spare parts and 2 years for labor. Option of insitu warranty, home-delivery service door to door, set up option and filling of our electric generators before delivery.

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The following calculations are provided to help you to establish the size you need for your electric generator. The other convertions of this page are for power convertions or maximum needed power for a basic instalation.