I recently moved into a new house and with Eskom saying they will be loadshedding for the next 2 years, I want to look at getting a generator to run my snake room as well as some of the other stuff in my house, TV\DSTV, fridges, alarm system and computers\laptops.
I have about 70 heat pads in my snake room, large and medium of various wattage.
Someone mentioned the 5.5kVA petrol generators you get at Builders but I would prefer diesel and 5.5 sounds a bit small.
I am not looking for one that will plug into the mains of my house and with auto start. I am happy to go and start it myself and run a few leads to where I need power.
Has any of you bought a generator like this that you can suggest? How do I determine what load all of the stuff I want to run pulls, especially the heat pads? I don’t have any experience with this.