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Question by  coolnoob1 (25)

What will 5 kw run in a house?

5kw doesn't seem like very much, but I wonder what it can do?

 
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Answer by  killallthegrass (40)

you could run a few 60 watt light bulbs for a month. you could run a ceiling fan on low for about a month. A house uses about 9,000 kw a year unfortunatly 5 kw will not run alot, maybe a decent sized space heater but thats about the largest.

 
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Answer by  dr84bhl (2789)

5 kw will keep a light going and basic non heating electrical equipment such as a television or a computer for a few hours. I do not think you would have enough for an electric oven as this takes a lot more electric. Hair dryers and heated rollers would not be able to be used.

 
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Answer by  LeheckaG (1826)

5,000-watts will run about 20Amps-at-240VAC or 40Amps-at-120VAC (4,800-watts). Most-household-appliances have nameplate-ratings in Amps, Volts, and/or Watts. Depending on the size of your: air-conditioner, heater, oven/range/stove, water-heater, ... it will not run most of those at full-power, you can however select lower/non-full-power settings. 5,000-watts will run most household-lighting and modern-electronics. In comparison, Your whole-household-electric-panel-maximum is about 24,000-watts to 48,000-watts

 
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Answer by  Mollichella (445)

I happen to know for a fact that 5 kw can run a small welder in a house. I know this because I have one adn that is what it runs off of.

 
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Answer by  co981co (182)

5kW or 5000 Watts gives you about 42 amps. You can run many items with 42 amps. A typical kitchen for example runs on one to two 15 amp circuits not including large items like a stove.

 
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Answer by  trouble (66)

It can run a microwave oven, a lamp, a on demand hot water heater. a refigerator,a computor.. not all at once either.

 
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