As someone else said measureing the inrush on a motor can only be done with a peak hold meter function. Normally inrush is roughly 300 percent of full load amps or at least non time delay fuses would be sized for that amount. I really doubt that generator will have any trouble with your furnace fan and gas valve. Just be sure to isolate the furnace line from the house when you hook the generator into it. Verify the control transformer is on the same line as the fan. Most transformers are in the furnace housing but I have saw some antique installations where the control transformer was ran off a light circuit or what ever what was handy in a basement. I would get everything set up ahead of time with a plug and cord set up so you don't have to jury rig when it is cold outside. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Eden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:15 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] generator sizes
> Good morning all, our Canadian tire store had a bargain on 10 amp 1200 W generators. I have always wanted to have a generator on hand for power outages. I believe the only thing I really need to keep going is my furnace fan and the thermostat controls, with perhaps a lamp or two. > > Two questions, first, my furnace fan is one of those with the motor in the middle of the squirrel cage, hence I believe it to be a capacitor start. Do you suspect, as I do, that it will draw continuously less than 10 amps, and that 1200 W should just about get it started. (This might be wishful thinking) I do not have a monster distribution system, my house is about 1200 square feet, so it's not a palace. > > Secondly, I have never had to measure starting amperage for a motor. I have here, the famous Circuit City audio meter. Can I just probe the leads and start the motor to read amperage, or do I have to open the circuit and put the meter in the circuit in series to read it. > > Geoff > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/404 - Release Date: 7/31/06 > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
