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Re:California Says Brace for Blackouts as Heat Wave Drives R... by hadlock on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @11:52PM (#32746136)
Yes but you can't really buy generators with more than 22kw and even that is plenty to run the AC for a 5500 sq ft home with plenty of breathing room to run the electric washer/dryer
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Re:California Says Brace for Blackouts as Heat Wave Drives R... by dijonman2 on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @12:28PM (#32752754)
You can buy many, many generators above 22kw. Probably not many gasoline engines but tons of diesel and propane/natural gas fueled gensets.
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Re:California Says Brace for Blackouts as Heat Wave Drives R... by hadlock on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @02:38PM (#32754512)
Oh of course you can buy generators that will run the utility circuit of a nuclear power plant, they need to come from somewhere. Somebody will sell you one. I have not personally seen a residential generator larger than 22.5kw when searching for homes in hurricane country. This is in response to a guy saying he has a giant 30+kw generator for his home, which would be... extremely unusual unless he was also running an off grid welding shop or something equally unlikely
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Re:California Says Brace for Blackouts as Heat Wave Drives R... by matt_attack on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @02:02AM (#32746916)
They seem pretty common to me: https://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/power/kohler-30-39-...
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