ELECTRONIC POWER GENERATOR

THE POWER TO BACK YOU UP

WATTAGE CALCULATION GUIDE

Lights are the most essential requirement in a power failure situation. It is needed for your comfort of movement and as a deterrent to crime.


Most people know lights as bulbs of certain wattage, i.e.
40 WATTS, 75 WATTS and 100 WATTS.


Count the lights inside and outside your home or office and note the sizes by watts.

6 X 40 WATTS

4 X 100 WATTS

2 X 150 WATTS


TOTAL

SUB-TOTAL:

SUB-TOTAL:

SUB-TOTAL:

240 WATTS

400 WATTS

300 WATTS


940 WATTS

  1. •You may have fluorescent lights, which must also be counted on the same basis and added if necessary to the first total.

  2. •Most of us have lights all over that collectively need a lot of electricity of power.

  3. •To limit the size and cost of a power backup unit, you need to decide on which of your lights you would consider critical and essential for your basic comfort and protection.

  4. •Which of these lights can you change to high-efficiency type which could more than halve the wattage draw and reduce the size of your backup need.

  5. •Also, consider which of the lights are critical and absolutely essential, and which of any of your lights you can have your electrician put on to a special circuit breaker that stays out in a power failure situation therefore limiting your lighting backup needs to a minimum.

YOU CAN DO WITHOUT A GEYSER - IF USED SPARINGLY, IT WILL KEEP WATER HOT FOR HOURS. REFRIGERATORS WILL ALSO, IF USED SPARINGLY, KEEP COLD FOR HOURS. DO WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONERS, KETTLES AND HAIRDRYERS FOR A WHILE UNTIL THE POWER RETURNS.

FOR THESE ITEMS WHICH DRAW HEAVY AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY, YOU NEED A GENERATOR SET

Wattage calculator