> I stated my highest electrical usage for a month was 1477 KWh. Isn't that sufficient?
There are 720 hours in a month, so your average power consumption is about 2000 watts. (1477 kw-hr ÷ 720 hr = 2 kw) That might lead you to believe you can get by with a 2000 watt generator.
On the other hand, let's suppose you had some monstrous load plugged in for one day that used up all that 1477 kw-hr in 24 hours. 1477 kw-hr ÷ 24 = 62 kw, so you would need a 60,000 watt generator.
Obviously the answer is somewhere between 2000 watts and 60,000 watts. You need to sit down with a pencil and paper and add up all the major loads that you'll need to run at the same time. Some appliances will be labeled with their power or current requirements. Others you'll have to guess based on the sizes of their circuit breakers. If you know the horsepower rating of a motor, multiply the horsepower by 746 to get the power requirements. Then double that number to allow for starting current and power factor. Decide which of the largest loads need to run at the same time and add them up. The result will be your MINIMUM generator size.
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