Thinking of getting a Generac home standby propane generator.
So if I get one big enough, I thought I could also run a big enough air compressor to do media blasting.
Does anyone know how large an air source the shops use, that do media blasting ? As in, the whole car body ?
How often do you lose power? I wouldn't size my automatic genset to a large cfm compressor if you rarely lose power.
Air compressors are one of those things that can take a whole lot of amps to initially start, and if you're doing whole body media blasting like a shop, and not knowing your house running watts, depends on if you have a well, electric stove or propane, sump pump, freezers etc.,
My gut instinct if you're going to run the house and shop fairly comfortably, and a large compressor for media blasting, you'd be looking at 30kW at a minimum.
Keep in mind that the typical Generac you see on an average size home is now normally 15kW.
