Hi, so I’m shopping for a home standby generator. I know the real answer is to get the actual data plate information however i just want to know without doing all of that what to believe. Last year when the power went out for a couple of days I hardwired a 6000kw running watt generator to my 200amp panel. This ran my 3 ton heat pump in cooling, two refrigerators, a deep freezer, two TVs and what ever lights I wanted. Never bogged down when the HVAC kicked on. When I go to generator sites like Generac and put in even less info into the generator sizing app it’s telling me I need at least a 6,000w almost double what actually worked. Am I missing something? Are they trying to sell me more then what I need or are they just protecting themselves from unknowns? Thanks in advance.
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