Decision tools

Energy and power planners

Planners that use watt-hours, runtime, and backup hours to name a power class instead of a ranked generator list.

11 tools in this topic. Each one names a fit from your inputs, then shows official examples—not a ranked shopping list.

• Home-battery backup selector

  Translate essential kWh into a home-battery class

• Home-office UPS runtime calculator

  Estimate watt-hours and a VA floor from office load and desired runtime

• Pellet-stove BTU planner

  Translate square feet into a pellet-stove class

• Portable power station sizing calculator

  Estimate energy capacity and inverter requirements without selecting a product

• Power-bank trip calculator

  Convert device watt-hours and needed charges into a pack category

• Solar-panel and portable-station pairing

  Estimate a solar-input watt class from usable watt-hours and sun-hours

• Space-heater wattage versus circuit

  Pick a heater wattage class from room size and whether the circuit is already loaded

• Standby generator size planner

  Translate essential watts into a standby-generator class

• Transfer-switch amp planner

  Translate selected circuits into a transfer-switch class

• Whole-house fan planner

  Translate home square feet into a fan class

• Whole-house surge planner

  Translate panel amps into a surge class