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Title: Pelican Coast Electric Answers Orange County Homeowners' Standby Generator Questions

Newport Beach, California, United States, 12th Nov 2026 - Pelican Coast Electric, a licensed electrical contractor based in Newport Beach, is offering free on-site generator assessments to Orange County homeowners who are considering a whole-home standby generator. A Pelican Coast Electric electrician looks at the electrical panel, the gas service and the spot where the unit would sit, runs a load calculation, and gives the homeowner a written estimate before anything is ordered. The assessments come ahead of Santa Ana wind season, when Southern California Edison can shut off power to some neighborhoods to lower the risk of a power line starting a fire."Most people call after an outage, and the first question is always how big a generator they need," said Austin Torres, owner of Pelican Coast Electric. "The second question is how long it takes. The honest answer to both is that it depends on the house, so we go look at it."How homeowners size a standby generatorThe first decision is whether the generator should run the whole house or only the essential circuits, such as the refrigerator, lights, internet and a few outlets. Pelican Coast Electric sizes the unit from a load calculation that adds up what the house draws at the same moment, including the surge a motor pulls when it starts. In most Orange County homes, central air conditioning is the single biggest load, and it is the reason most professional sizing lands higher than homeowners expect. A Level 2 EV charger can add 7 to 11 kilowatts on its own. The company's generator sizing guide walks through the math."Two houses the same size can need very different generators," Torres said. "Square footage doesn't tell you much. The air conditioner, the pool pump and the car in the garage do."How long installation takesOn...

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