How Much Gas Does A 3500 Watt Generator Use?

Knowing how much gas 3500 watt generators use can help you prepare for the devices and tools you want to power.

Before going into the numbers you need to know that different generators can vary in details like fuel tank capacity, fuel usage, and fuel efficiency.

With that in mind, the 3500 watt generators I found varied a lot in fuel tank capacity with most options having around two to four gallons of capacity (but there are exceptions).

Similarly, the 3500 watt generators tend to use around 0.2 gallons to 0.3 gallons of fuel per hour with many exceptions to this range. Partly due to the different loads.

To generate one kWh which is a measurement of power consumption, the generators tend to need around 0.2 gallons to 0.3 gallons of fuel.

You can also check out the specific values of the different 3500 watt generators in the tables below.

How much gas does a 3500 watt generator hold?

Before going into how much they actually use, it can be interesting to see how much gas 3500 watt generators hold.

As you can see in the table with details below, generator brands choose how much gas their 3500 watt models hold. There is not really one standard.

That means you want to check the fuel tank capacity for your individual model and/or check out the table below before investing in a new generator.

How much gas do 3500 watt generators use?

Even with the fuel tank capacity, you do not know how much fuel you have to reserve for whatever you plan to do.

For this, you will need the numbers in the table below.

The first detail I calculated is how much fuel each 3500 watt generator uses per hour at the specified run time loads.

Additionally, I used the numbers to estimate how much gas 3500 watt generators use to generate 1 kWh which is a common measurement of power consumption.

You can describe 1 kWh as a generator providing 1000 watts for an hour at a time.