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Shooter
- May 15, 2013
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3250 watt genset? I would suggest upping it a bit. Sump pumps will bog it down on start up.
We had a 3200 watt genset when our power went out, neighbors were nice to us at the time so we sent them a line for their sump pump. It ran their pump and our tv but I highly doubt there was power for anything else.
What size sump pump was your neighbor running ??? 10 hp ??
A 3200 watt gen produces 25 plus amps of 120 volt power.
Running a home sump pump in most cases is around 3 to 5 amps and a TV is less than that. You were not even close to 40% of the working load with that generator.
3200 watts ÷ 120 volts = 26.6 amps of elect produced.
E over I = R