Hello my fellow contributors,
I have an oppurtunity to look for and import a generator for home use but has no idea about which type is appropriate in terms of type, efficiency, noise and ease of maintenance in addition to voltage required. I will very much appreciate any help in this regard. Also what do people think about buying AC's? Is it better/cheaper to buy at home or is it worth looking outside as well?
Any suggestion on where to look for these items pls?
Thanks again.

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Thanks parma, I need these for personal use in my house and not for sale.

A portable Honda generator of about 5Kva should do for your house. For AC,  do you need a window unit or a central unit ? A central unit will be better but could be very expensive.

Thanks Ajileko,
Just realised I didn't give an idea of the consumption required. It is an 8-10 bedroom house and the plan is to install a generator that can serve for average 8 -10 Air conditioners, 2 large American style fridges and a deep freezer, Electric cooker +/- washing machine. To these we add the usual TV, fans, computer, water pump,microwave etc. Of course not everything will be in use at the same time but just an idea of what capacity (?voltage) is required to simultaneously operate most of these.
Any advice on cheaper alternative or a way bringing down the cost will be appreciated.
The air conditioners I have in mind are the wall units that have fan and ?hose outside the rooms.
I'm on my way home from a training course in the UK and need to get these organised before leaving. Any advice on how to get these AC's---couldn't find any (may be their weather).

i have a direct contact with PZ cussons makers on HAIER THERMOCOOL products and TEC generators.

if you need any home appliancies,just call me feyi 08054667610 ,i will get them for you at moderate discounts(7-10%),free delivery ,one year warranty on the products and four years warranty on compressors.

we have both fuel and diesel gen sets ranging from 0.8kva to 100kva but i think a 8kva can still power soome of the things you mentioned in post.
we also have windows and split units ACs from 1hp to 10 HP

and some other house hold appliancies like:

OTHER PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ARE:

MOTORBIKES
FRIDGES
NORMAL AND ICE CREAM FREEZERS
LCD TVs
PLASMA TVs
STABILIZERS
GENERATORS
COMMERCIAL ACs
SPLIT UNITS ACs
INDUSTRIAL ACs
FLAT TVs
MICROWAVE OVENs
DVD PLAYERS
WASHING MACHINES
HOME THEATRES
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT REFRIDGERATOS
LOW TEMPERATURE FREEZERS
WATRE DISPENSERS
WATER PUMP
CEILING FAN
CONCRETE MIXERS AND MANY MORE


you can visit www.htcool.com to view some of these appliancies and call me for prices and negotiation(08054667610)

i have a direct link to a SAMSUNG product here in Nigeria.

Rihgt now you can buy SAMSUNG AC 2HP SPLIT UNIT FOR N84,000. But must be a BULk BUY. LIKE 15 UNIT UPWARD.

IYEAR WARANTY FOR THEIR PRODUCT

0863218711

Thanks guys, will get in touch.
I'm still open to more advice/recommendation though--'The more, the merrier'.

I use lots of HTcool products and they are quite good.
Pls send pricelist of all your products and pic of big capacity diesel gens to ifyobua@yahoo.com

temmytanny:

i have a direct contact with PZ cussons makers on HAIER THERMOCOOL products and TEC generators.

if you need any home appliancies,just call me feyi 08054667610 ,i will get them for you at moderate discounts(7-10%),free delivery ,one year warranty on the products and four years warranty on compressors.

we have both fuel and diesel gen sets ranging from 0.8kva to 100kva but i think a 8kva can still power soome of the things you mentioned in post.
we also have windows and split units ACs from 1hp to 10 HP

and some other house hold appliancies like:

OTHER PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ARE:

MOTORBIKES
FRIDGES
NORMAL AND ICE CREAM FREEZERS
LCD TVs
PLASMA TVs
STABILIZERS
GENERATORS
COMMERCIAL ACs
SPLIT UNITS ACs
INDUSTRIAL ACs
FLAT TVs
MICROWAVE OVENs
DVD PLAYERS
WASHING MACHINES
HOME THEATRES
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT REFRIDGERATOS
LOW TEMPERATURE FREEZERS
WATRE DISPENSERS
WATER PUMP
CEILING FAN
CONCRETE MIXERS AND MANY MORE


you can visit www.htcool.com to view some of these appliancies and call me for prices and negotiation(08054667610)

you can only see some them on the site www.htcool.com the price list are enomous and i dont have the softcopy here