The front page says the job is lights and charging, not the house. This page is that list in plain loads. Measure first. Then pick a lamp that fits the number. Do not size a fridge from hope.
LED bulbs and phone charging are small, steady, and forgiving. A USB power bank is the same idea: you top it up when the coil makes something, then you spend that store later. That is honest success for a pancake-coil build.
A 12-volt light on a battery you already own is often a better first test than trying to run mains gear through an inverter. Inverters waste watts and hide bad numbers.
| Load | Fit for a small DIY coil? | Why |
|---|---|---|
| LED lamp, phone, small USB bank | Yes, if measured volts hold under that load | Low watts. No hard start. |
| Fridge | No | Compressor start surge. Needs a rated commercial unit. |
| Gas furnace blower | No for a homemade coil | Start spike plus legal hookup. Watt math lives on the heat domain. |
| Well pump | No | Hard start. Do not stack it on a small source. |
| Electric furnace / space heater | No | Thousands of continuous watts. |
Furnace running watts and startup surge — for a commercial portable, not a pancake coil — are here:
Furnace watts and startup surge
Write two numbers: open-circuit volts, then volts with a known lamp on. If the lamp kills the voltage, the coil is not ready for that load. Redesign or walk away. That is the honest end of a test, not a reason to invent free energy.
If the grid is down and you need heat or a fridge, this build is the wrong tool this week. One livable room without whole-house heat is here:
One-room heat plan for a 24–72 hour outage
Legal connection and why a DIY coil stays off the house panel:
If you want a hardware-store pancake-coil plan instead of a multi-thousand-dollar portable, the guide this site uses is Energy Revolution System, sold through ClickBank. It is a digital blueprint, not a machine, and not a furnace.
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Will it run the fridge?
Do not count on it. Buy rated commercial gear for food.
Can I add an inverter and call it household power?
An inverter does not create watts. It changes the shape of the ones you already have, and loses some.
What do you actually receive with Energy Revolution System?
A digital DIY blueprint sold through ClickBank — a written plan, not a physical unit in a box.