Stumped on the job

[Joker921]

So I have decided to take on a decent side job . Theres a paintball field in my area that wants power and lights at 8 different sections on the field. The field is 800 foot long. Each one of the 8 sections has to have 2 circuits, 1 for the power and 1 for the lights. The owner went out and bought 3 - 7500W Generac portable generators the GP series. He was originally going to buy 1 - 15,000W generator, but once i gave him a material list he decided the wire cost was to much. So now im stuck in this predicament of having to powering 16 circuits off of these portable generators. I've calculated the wattage for the lights (2340W), but without knowing whats going to be plugged into the outlets im unsure of how much the will draw. So heres a couple questions for the veterans........Whats the best route for me to go? Can I piggyback the 3 generators and drop a panel 200ft. into the field and a sub at the 600ft. mark? What would you do?

 

[GoldDigger]

So I have decided to take on a decent side job. Theres a paintball field in my area that wants power and lights at 8 different sections on the field. The field is 800 foot long. Each one of the 8 sections has to have 2 circuits, 1 for the power and 1 for the lights. The owner went out and bought 3 - 7500W Generac portable generators the GP series. He was originally going to buy 1 - 15,000W generator, but once i gave him a material list he decided the wire cost was to much. So now im stuck in this predicament of having to powering 16 circuits off of these portable generators. I've calculated the wattage for the lights (2340W), but without knowing whats going to be plugged into the outlets im unsure of how much the will draw. So heres a couple questions for the veterans........Whats the best route for me to go? Can I piggyback the 3 generators and drop a panel 200ft. into the field and a sub at the 600ft. mark? What would you do?

1. I doubt that the 7500 watt Generac portables are capable of being synchronized, so I would cancel that option right from the start.
2. For safety, I would run some lights shining on each generator zone from a generator in one of the next-door zones.
3. Figure out some simple guidelines for what is likely to be plugged into the power circuits. You do not have to be particularly accurate unless there will be some big individual loads like motors.
4. Eight divided by three does not go, so choose which zones have what power requirement when deciding how to assign the zones per generator.

 

[Joker921]

Heres another question, Are the 240 twist lock outlets on the generators capable of acting as a service for a small 30A 8 circuit panel if i broke the field down into thirds and putting a panel and generator in each 1 of the 3 sections and dispersing from each one. Each panel would cover roughly a 300 foot diameter. The outlets would be mostly convenience outlets, but when the run a large game, there might be some strobes and a fog machine plugged into them. Im not familiar with what they commonly draw.

 

[jumper]

So I have decided to take on a decent side job . Theres a paintball field in my area that wants power and lights at 8 different sections on the field. The field is 800 foot long. Each one of the 8 sections has to have 2 circuits, 1 for the power and 1 for the lights. The owner went out and bought 3 - 7500W Generac portable generators the GP series. He was originally going to buy 1 - 15,000W generator, but once i gave him a material list he decided the wire cost was to much. So now im stuck in this predicament of having to powering 16 circuits off of these portable generators. I've calculated the wattage for the lights (2340W), but without knowing whats going to be plugged into the outlets im unsure of how much the will draw. So heres a couple questions for the veterans........Whats the best route for me to go? Can I piggyback the 3 generators and drop a panel 200ft. into the field and a sub at the 600ft. mark? What would you do?

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