Cooling

Box fan running watts and starting watts

Use these values as a planning range only. The conservative default for box fan is 100 W running and 200 W starting.

Load typeLowDefaultHigh
Running watts50 W100 W150 W
Starting watts100 W200 W350 W

Source note

Fan motors have a small start load; default uses common residential box-fan nameplate ranges.

Source reference

Never operate a fuel-burning generator indoors, in a garage, on a porch, or near open windows. Use a listed transfer switch or interlock installed by a qualified electrician for home wiring, and verify actual device nameplates before buying equipment.

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