Do I need a larger portable generator for power outages?

Nick Cine · 2024-02-21T06:09:10+00:00

1. I have a portable ~5KW DuroMax XP5500EH generator.2. It runs the home during power outages3. But it trips its own 30Amp circuit breaker on the water pressure booster pump subcircuit due to the surge inrush current I guess.I can run everything else that I want to run (refrigerator, lights,microwave, even a 1500 watt portable space heater) with that generator.What confuses me is the inrush sink would happen, it seems to me, nomatter how large the generator is, right? Or not right?When I flip on the main panel circuit for the booster pump during anoutage while the house is otherwise being powered by the portablegenerator, the ~5KW portable generator bogs down momentarily, and then.suddenly the quick-blow 30-amp circuit breaker on the generator trips.I'm confused whether or not a larger generator would solve this problem ofthe booster pump surge inrush current tripping the generator's breakers.Would it?Maybe not?The "Maybe Not" part is that the portable generator is tripping on "toomuch current", which is an indication that it's supplying more than the30 amps that cause the breaker on its own panel to trip, right?Or would a larger portable generator solve the surge current trip issue?