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Trades & Professional Tools · Electrical

Generator kVA Sizing Worksheet

Combine running loads, visitor-entered starting kVA, coincidence, reserve, and power factor into a generator planning requirement.

Trades & Professional Tools · Electrical

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Measured inputs · visitor-entered product and design assumptions

Measure using one consistent system. Product coverage, density, resistance, waste, and safety assumptions must come from the actual product data or project specification. Values stay in this browser.

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Quick guide

How to use this calculator

  1. Choose the calculation mode or measurement system that matches the values you actually have.
  2. Enter measured project dimensions and use product-specific coverage, density, yield, resistance, or waste data where requested.
  3. Review the intermediate results before ordering material or applying the result on site.

Calculation method

Calculation method

Required kVA=max(running kVA, running kVA−starting load running share+starting kVA)×coincidence×reserve factor.

The calculator preserves full internal precision and rounds only displayed results. Quantity outputs round up when whole purchasable pieces are required.

Worked example

Worked example

A 40 kVA running load with an 80 kVA largest start and 20% reserve requires 144 kVA if all running load remains present.

Required kVA=max(running kVA, running kVA−starting load running share+starting kVA)×coincidence×reserve factor.

Supported inputs

Precision and limits

Electrical planning boundary

Electrical results use the measured, nameplate, manufacturer, code-table, test, and correction values you enter. They do not select conductors or protective devices, establish breaking capacity or disconnection time, perform coordination or arc-flash studies, approve energized work, or replace the locally adopted code and a qualified electrical professional.

Planning scope

This calculator supports measurement, estimating, and scenario planning. It does not inspect a site, select a product, certify a design, or replace drawings, specifications, manufacturer instructions, local codes, permits, or a qualified trade professional.

Measured and product-specific inputs

Nominal dimensions can differ from actual dimensions. Verify inside pipe diameters, actual lumber sizes, product coverage, bag yield, material density, conductor resistance, waste, and packaging against the materials used on the project.

Safety and regulatory limits

Electrical, HVAC, structural, excavation, roofing, pressure, lifting, and life-safety work may require jurisdiction-specific calculations and professional approval. Do not use a generic planning result as a code-compliance or safety determination.

Precision and privacy

Inputs accept bounded plain decimals. Calculations remain in this browser and raw entered project values are not submitted to 365CALCS.COM.

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