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Product Name: | Westinghouse 12500 Watt Home Backup Portable Generator, Remote Electric Start with Auto Choke, Transfer Switch Ready 30A & 50A Outlets, Gas Powered, CARB Compliant |
Manufacturer: | Westinghouse |
Model Number: | WGen9500 |
Product SKU: | B07HYWDS7D |
UPC: | 853544008199 |
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*Slight over simplification for explanation purposes.
There are whole house stand-by generators designed to handle longer duration outages that usually run on LP or natural gas. Storage and delivery is less of a problem (usually). And, yes these are $$thousands installed. I am not comparing the posted deal to these for the sake of price, only to stimulate consideration of what the actual function will be.
A large and inefficient gasoline generator is a pretty minimalist approach and would likely only serve for 24-48 hours due to its thirst for fuel. A much smaller and much more efficient inverter generator might be a a good companion to such a behemoth. Something like recent 4kw offerings will run your refrigerator/freezer and a whole bunch of other convenience items in your home and only use about 4 gallons of gasoline per day.
No knock on the OP deal. I am just suggesting there would best be some consideration regarding how a generator such as this fits into one's emergency power plan.
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Does this mean I could only draw a max of 120 * 50 = 6000w from this one plug and the rest can only be pulled from the other plugs? Is there anyway to combine everything into the far right plug?
Does this mean I could only draw a max of 120 * 50 = 6000w from this one plug and the rest can only be pulled from the other plugs? Is there anyway to combine everything into the far right plug?
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U.S. electricity provides two legs at 120 volts. Most household devices use only 1 leg (120 volts) Your Dryer and HVAC use both legs (240 volts)
Amps = Watts ÷ Volts
50= 12000/240
Or
100= 12000/120
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Doesn't matter. The way 240v is fed into your house, imagine that you have a line down the middle of your breaker panel* where that voltage is 0. The left side of the panel is -120v to 0, so a 120v difference, and the right side is 0 to +120, so also a 120 difference. Small circuits, like TVs and lights, only go halfway across. If you hook up a big appliance from left to right, you're going from -120 to +120v=240v. So a 240v generator feeds both sides of the panel, which is the whole house. A 120v generator could only do left-to-middle or right-to-middle, but not both. This one will run the full 12k over that 50A plug, and split the load between the two sides of your panel.
*Slight over simplification for explanation purposes.
U.S. electricity provides two legs at 120 volts. Most household devices use only 1 leg (120 volts) Your Dryer and HVAC use both legs (240 volts)
Amps = Watts ÷ Volts
50= 12000/240
Or
100= 12000/120
Guessing the the person giving you a thumbs down didn't understand the 100= 12000/120
They mean you get two 50amp poles that are capable of 6000 watts which in turn give you a total of 12,000 watts.
Here's a visual compared with the standard 120 rv plug https://ibb.co/fN1jznz
Does this mean I could only draw a max of 120 * 50 = 6000w from this one plug and the rest can only be pulled from the other plugs? Is there anyway to combine everything into the far right plug?
Using the 50A plug is the ideal setup, that is all you need. Get the proper cord and plug it into your emergency panel, which is what it sounds like you have. No need to do anything else