Hey I'm Matt 57,have never been on a forum before,please excuse any absents of proper protocol.I have a food truck and am trying to figure out power requirements for a 115v/60amp/single phase refrigerator to be powered by a generator. Will a 2000watt generator work in this application? Thanks
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Commercial refrigerator power needs
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rlitman
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If it really draws 60A, a 2000W generator will be WAY too small for that. 115V x 60A = 6900W (roughly).
Matt, welcome to the group.
You have this in the introductions area where not a lot of members check in so you may want to repost your question in the lighting& electrical forum here.. That said 120v x 60a is 7200 watts. Huge amount for a fridge. I suspect your trying to power the whole truck with 60a. Show a picture if you can of where your getting your numbers from.
good luck
lg
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You have this in the introductions area where not a lot of members check in so you may want to repost your question in the lighting& electrical forum here.. That said 120v x 60a is 7200 watts. Huge amount for a fridge. I suspect your trying to power the whole truck with 60a. Show a picture if you can of where your getting your numbers from.
good luck
lg
no neat sig line
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tjdux
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Hey matt welcome to the fourms. I manage a resturant and we actually have a trailer we take out to events and such and i gotta say that's a crazy high power fridge you have there.
Even our walk in freezer and fridge are only running 240v 30amp circuits. And without checking the breakers out they may only be 120v...
What type of fridge are you running thats 60 amps?
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Even our walk in freezer and fridge are only running 240v 30amp circuits. And without checking the breakers out they may only be 120v...
What type of fridge are you running thats 60 amps?
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theoldwizard1
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Check the motor plate and see if there is a LRA (locked rotor amperage) number. This is the "worst case" draw.