On May 27, 5:16*pm, Dottie wrote:
I am going to buy a generator this year (I'm in FL). *I have a chart
showing how many watts most appliances use but what I need is a chart
showing how many amps each appliance uses. *Does anyone know of a
chart online that I could print out? *Thanks.


Put a lot of thought into what you are about to do.

I am building a house in Virginia to replace mine that I lost to
Katrina in Mississippi.

We have installed a 12KW, propane-power backup generator from
Generac. It comes with a transfer switch and panel as part of the
generator. The generator is 4 ft X 8 ft X 3 ft tall and comes
complete with a fiberglass base that plants directly on the ground.
There's a BIG cable running from the generator to a pre-wired breaker
panel.

You'll need an electrician to wire it -- he/she will talk with you
about which circuits you want to have power when the electrical mains
fail, then, he'll wire those circuits into the generator's panel box
-- which mounts inside your house. The generator is then programmed
to exercise itself once a week -- ours is set for 2:00 PM Friday -- at
that time the generator kicks on, the tranfer switch kicks in, and the
house runs off generator power for 15 minutes after which the
generator shuts off and we go back on the mains.

If the generator is the only thing in your house that uses propane,
you can get by with a small tank. Or, if you have natural gas
available, you can set up the generator to run on that.

ON THE OTHER HAND -- you can buy a "portable" gasoline-power generator
and a big bunch of extension cords. Then, when the power fails, you
drag out the generator, crank it up -- hoping that you remembered to
keep a stock of gasoline -- and run extension cords all over the
place.

The automatic, propane or NG powered generator with transfer switch
and panel is the way to go -- mine cost $2,500 and the electrician
charged $700 to install it -- I trailered it in from the Lowe's where
I bought it and four of us cussed it off the trailer onto the ground.

http://www.generac.com/Products/Resi...oled/14KW.aspx

It's quiet, too. Mine sits inside a back corner of the house and I
cannot hear it running while I'm standing in the front yard.