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 —