Owner`s manual

36 Owner’s Manual
Voltmaster Engine-Driven Generators
Table A-3 Approximate equipment power requirements*
Household and RV equipment Running watts Starting watts
Central air conditioner 10,000 BTU 1500 2200
Clothes dryer, electric 5200 5750
Clothes dryer, gas 700 1800
Clothes washing machine 1150 2300
Coffee maker 1750
Computer, desktop 600–800
Computer, laptop 200–250
Computer monitor 200–250
Computer printer 400–600
Dishwasher, cool dry 700 1400
Dishwasher, hot dry 1450 1400
Frying pan, electric 1300
Furnace fan, gas or oil 1/8 HP 300 500
1/6 HP 500 750
1/4 HP 600 1000
1/3 HP 700 1400
1/2 HP 875 2350
Hair dryer 300–1200
Iron 1200
Lights bulb wattage bulb wattage
Microwave oven 650 watts 1000 1000
1000 watts 1500 1500
Radio 50–200
Refrigerator or freezer 700 2200
RV air conditioner 7,000 BTU 600 1700
10,000 BTU 700 2000
13,500 BTU 1250 2750
15,000 BTU 1500 3500
Stove, electric 6-inch element 1500
8-inch element 2100
Sump pump 1/3 HP 800 1300
1/2 HP 1050 2150
Television 300
Toaster, 2-slice 1050
Toaster, 4-slice 1650
Well pump 1/2 HP 1000 2100
Vacuum cleaner 800–1100