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WinterDeere
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Good advice, as always, Peter! But do note that my 35 kW number is steady state, without considering surge/inrush of each appliance, which could easily be 100 kW for a brief few seconds immediately following a long outage without load management.
Simply put, I summed the steady-state draw of each appliance, in calculating that load. Add maybe 4 kW for lighting, computers, TV's, refrigerators... we're likely at 35 kW max steady state, if all HVAC's, pool heater, well pump and shop air compressor run at the same time. Heck, now that I think of it, I didn't even include kitchen range (10 kW?) or microwave ovens (2x 1.5 kW?). Now we're at 45 kW.
The scenario of all AC compressors, refrigerators, pool heater, and air compressor running simultaneously for minutes or an hour is very likely, immediately following any extended outage. Although with our goal being the avoidance of extended outages, I guess all of those large loads may never run concurrently under normal circumstances.
Simply put, I summed the steady-state draw of each appliance, in calculating that load. Add maybe 4 kW for lighting, computers, TV's, refrigerators... we're likely at 35 kW max steady state, if all HVAC's, pool heater, well pump and shop air compressor run at the same time. Heck, now that I think of it, I didn't even include kitchen range (10 kW?) or microwave ovens (2x 1.5 kW?). Now we're at 45 kW.
The scenario of all AC compressors, refrigerators, pool heater, and air compressor running simultaneously for minutes or an hour is very likely, immediately following any extended outage. Although with our goal being the avoidance of extended outages, I guess all of those large loads may never run concurrently under normal circumstances.
