Think about it. You probably have a 200 amp service to your house. Are you going to use 200 amps very often? Not likely. That generator will only supply about 75 amps. When i see a generator on a critical process, they will have everything that the generator will run wired to go through the transfer switch so it comes on automatically in the event of a power loss. Now, you don't want to go to that expense on your house, so decide what you want to run, see what the power requirements are, and select a generator to serve that. Once installed, it will be up to you to limit the devices that you didn't account for in your original assessment. You have to keep in mind that anything with a motor has a high current inrush until the motor gets up to speed. If anything impedes the circuit from supplying that current, the motor won't come up to speed, and will continue to draw high current, compounding the problem. that's why the start assist recommendation. Incandescent light bulbs, which we don't have anymore, are resistive loads and don't have any inrush. Flourescents have a little start inrush, and I am not sure about LED's, but they draw so little current, I wouldn't worry about them. If you have motors with variable frequency drives, their inrush is negligible.
I have never been involved in the generator selection process, so I would rely on a pro's assistance to properly size your generator. Just supplying a little bit of knowledge for the OP.
I have never been involved in the generator selection process, so I would rely on a pro's assistance to properly size your generator. Just supplying a little bit of knowledge for the OP.
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