On 8/22/2017 2:46 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 10:12:19 +0100, Bert wrote:

On 08/21/2017 10:02 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
Why would you need 22kW to run a house?* My house averages 1kW, and
peak is about 10kW.

Because well pump and air conditioning compressors have high starting
current requirements?

I assumed a generator would be like an inverter in that it could handle
a short burst above it's continuous load.


Most do. They will advertise them at either the running or startup
(typically the former) and will generally handle a startup load ~ 25%
greater.

Thus, a genset rated at 9.2kW will tolerate a starting load of 11.5kW