How to choose the right generator for your site
Start with the load, not the building
Add up the equipment that genuinely has to stay powered, and separate the critical loads from the ones you can drop during an outage. Pay attention to starting currents: motors, compressors and pumps can pull several times their running current for a moment when they start, and the generator has to cover that peak, not just the steady load.
Decide how the set will run
If the grid is your normal source and the generator only covers outages, you need a standby set. If the generator is the main source, for example on an off-grid site, you need a prime or continuous set. This single decision changes which rating you should buy.
Then settle the details
Single phase or three phase, plus voltage and frequency. An automatic transfer switch (ATS) if you want the set to start on its own when the grid fails. Sound level and enclosure, with a silent canopy for populated or sensitive sites. Fuel autonomy, meaning a tank sized for how long you must keep running. The environment: cold climate, altitude and dust all affect output and options.
Have the sizing checked
A short conversation about your load list prevents an expensive mistake. GENKRAFT sizes both premium and standard sets to the real connected load, not to a round number on a brochure.