Your thought about Kaleb's resistive heat strips is exactly why I suggested a
propane heater. Rather than burning fuel to make electricity to heat the place
it probably makes more sense to just burn propane to make heat...
-Curt
On Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 6:35:45 PM EST, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Dan and Jim appear to be the experts so I will sort of address this to
them, but anyone else that knows should pitch in too.
My understanding is that one needs a whopper of a generator to power up
electric heat. Not only big enough but tough enough to run for long
periods of time at high load.
So, how well would it work for someone like Kaleb and his heat pump? If
it is cold enough to need his electric elements as well as power his
heat pump, how much generator would he need.
The other thing I am wondering about is what sort of generator one
needs. I have acquired a couple generators - a Generac that is rated at
something like 7500W and an older Winco powered by a 2 cylinder
Wisconsin motor on propane or natural gas - 10KW on propane but only
about 8KW on natural gas.
My concern is that I am told that my newer Lennox gas furnace wants
clean power and neither of my generators is capable of providing it.
Should I look for another in the form of an inverter generator or are
they even likely to produce power clean enough to satisfy the furnace?
My other thought is whether an inverter could be powered by one of my
existing generators and produce a clean sine wave power that would be
capable of powering my furnace.
Randy
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