Re: Opinion please, Is a 1500W cont/1850 surge generator enough to get a fridge going
Just out of curiosity, since you had the generator there, did you try to run the fridge on it? There could be a next time ya know?
Truthfully, I thought about it, but had so much going on up there that I didn't have much time to myself. The majority of my labor day "vacation" was helping my neighbors clean LOTS of dock sections/pieces off their beaches, assisting my cousin finish off building his screened in porch at his cottage, putting in a temporary dock, and meeting with my neighbors to determine where we can safely send a well drilling rig across their back lot to drill a new well for us. Doing a test run with generator was an afterthought
.
I just got a new flier from Harbor Freight yesterday with a coupon in it that marks the 3050 watt generator I was looking at down to $280 bucks. I may bite, and rotate the little guy in Maine back home to MA for stand-by sump pump duty. Or I may hold out, and get a bigger one that will do 230V so I would be able to power the new well pump. We would need to install a disconnect switch to do that. But considering our vintage 1963 60A fuse panel (thoughtfully located in the kitchen cabinets under the sink
) is maxed out, I see a service upgrade in our future. Shouldn't cost too much extra to throw in a genset connection while the electrical service is being swapped out and relocated.
