Generator

Enter the load in amps and the voltage, or a generator's kVA. The app gives the smallest generator in the table, then the output breaker, conductors, EGC, raceway, transfer switch and bonding on a one-line, and writes it as a PDF.

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A

One job, start to finish — slides

The app’s own example, every screen in order, 8 steps.

  1. Generator screen: The example opens filled in: the smallest generator for a 200 A load at 480 V. The answer: 187 kVA / 150 kW, 225 A.

    STEP 1 OF 8The example opens filled in: the smallest generator for a 200 A load at 480 V. The answer: 187 kVA / 150 kW, 225 A.

  2. Generator screen: How it was worked out, then the one-line's inputs: a 3-pole transfer switch with a solid neutral, and THHN/THWN-2.

    STEP 2 OF 8How it was worked out, then the one-line's inputs: a 3-pole transfer switch with a solid neutral, and THHN/THWN-2.

  3. Generator screen: No elevators or large motors. The one-line: 150 kW, 224.9 A, a 300 A output breaker, 4 x 250 kcmil Cu, 2-1/2 inch EMT.

    STEP 3 OF 8No elevators or large motors. The one-line: 150 kW, 224.9 A, a 300 A output breaker, 4 x 250 kcmil Cu, 2-1/2 inch EMT.

  4. Generator screen: Transfer switch rated at least 300 A, not a separately derived system, and the seven figures that match the drawing.

    STEP 4 OF 8Transfer switch rated at least 300 A, not a separately derived system, and the seven figures that match the drawing.

  5. Generator screen: The generator table: kVA, kW at 0.8, and amps at each voltage, with a filter box above it. 187 kVA is 150 kW.

    STEP 5 OF 8The generator table: kVA, kW at 0.8, and amps at each voltage, with a filter box above it. 187 kVA is 150 kW.

  6. Generator screen: The table runs to 2500 kVA / 2000 kW. Then the report, named Example - 200 A load.

    STEP 6 OF 8The table runs to 2500 kVA / 2000 kW. Then the report, named Example - 200 A load.

  7. Generator screen: The report: save or share the PDF, or save the job.

    STEP 7 OF 8The report: save or share the PDF, or save the job.

  8. Page 1 of the PDF report: The PDF, page 1: the inputs, the answer, and the one-line with all seven numbered figures.

    STEP 8 OF 8The PDF, page 1: the inputs, the answer, and the one-line with all seven numbered figures.

B

One job, start to finish — video

The same 8 screens with the captions burned in. No sound.

MP4, 0.9 MB, 9 seconds.

The report

The PDF report for the same job, all 2 pages as the app writes it.

Page 1 of the Generator PDF report
Page 1
Page 2 of the Generator PDF report
Page 2
Where it runs

Two places to run it

Stinger Pro Tools

On Android, $49.99 once. Everything on this page.

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The Stinger Pro Suite

The Suite has the two generator lookups and the table. The one-line with the breaker, conductors, EGC, raceway, transfer switch and bonding, the 445.13(A) leads rule and the PAST THE TABLE warning came out of the app and are being brought back across.

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