Solar Power Facts Canada

Posts Tagged ‘fridge’

Our power went out due to wind damage from hurricane Ike, in Pennsylvania. We have not had power for 4 days now, but luckily I was able to get a generator and have saved our fridge and freezer. My question is what can I power with this generator. It is a 5000 watt generator, and I was told that this should be able to power the whole house. Only thing is, I have a lot to run in my house. We have well water, heat with an electric heat pump, which has electric back up heat, and also an electric hot water heater. The well pump has a double pole 20 amp breaker, hot water double pole 30 amp breaker, heat pump double pole 25 amp, and furnace double pole 60 amp and double pole 30 amp. Will the 5000 watt generator be able to power any one of these at a given time? I know I am SOL for using them all at once, but switching between them would not be a big deal to me. Also, I know that I should not back feed into my house, and plan on getting a manual transfer switch to do the job. I just need to know if I need to get a bigger generator before I start looking at transfer switches. Thanks for the help.

More Green Energy Facts:

what is the best way to save your food in fridge and freezer

how much dry ice would you need to keep food frozen and how long will it work

finally, if a power wire falls on your car, what do you do, a brother in law’s teenage nephew was once killed when a live wire fell on his car and he left it..the dog who they found instead was fine so I am assuming one stays in the car but with no cell phone will they find you pretty soon…how it make your tires go flat so metal touches the ground

p[lease answer as many as you can..we are having 50-60 mph winds coming and bad now and lights keep flickering.

especially want to know about the heat

thanks

More Green Energy Facts:

Wind Energy?
"950W of power at 45km.hr winds
Delivers 100 Kw / hours a month at an average wind speed of 5.4 m/s
Adjustable voltage (12/24/36/48V)"

Can someone please tell me what that means? And my question is would you be able to indefinitely power a small fridge, a TV and other things on that wind turbine which costs 000? I’m posting this many times because I’m not satisfied with the answers I already received. People are just not making it simple enough to comprehend. Its all spanish to me.