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Generator Hire
20kVA – 80kVA Generator Hire Melbourne
The small end of our hire fleet: canopied sets from 20kVA to 80kVA for events, retail, site compounds and household backup. Delivered, connected and refuelled by our own crew.
The drop-and-go end of the fleet
Four sizes cover almost every small job in Melbourne. Which one you need is decided by what has to start, not by what has to run.
The small band carries a shop or an office through an outage, a site shed and its compound, a marquee and its back-of-house, and a house on backup. Every set in it is canopied rather than open, which is what makes it usable in a retail strip, on an event site, or in a residential street where an open machine would not last the first evening.
It is also the band where the sizing conversation matters most, because the margin is thin. Motors, compressors and refrigeration draw far more on start-up than they do once they are turning, and on a small set that peak is what decides the machine. Tell us what has to start and we will name the size before anything is quoted, including when the honest answer is a bigger set.
- Canopied, not bare Quiet enough for retail strips, event sites and residential streets.
- Single and three-phase A domestic board and a site distribution board are equally straightforward.
- Placed without a crane Tilt tray or trailer, into a car park, a laneway or a nature strip.
20–80 The small band
Four sizes in the small band
Pick the size, or give us the load and we will pick it for you. Each page covers what that set runs, where it stops, and what goes out with it.
20 kVA
- kW
- 16
- Amps
- 28
A shop, a site shed, a marquee, or a house on backup.
20kVA hire 40 kVA- kW
- 32
- Amps
- 56
A commercial kitchen, a two-trade shed, event catering.
40kVA hire 60 kVA- kW
- 48
- Amps
- 83
A full site compound, or retail with all its refrigeration.
60kVA hire 80 kVA- kW
- 64
- Amps
- 111
A working site with plant on it, or a switchboard upgrade.
80kVA hireIndicative figures at 0.8 power factor. The exact rating, outlets and dimensions are confirmed against the set we allocate.
Where the small sets earn their keep
Retail strips, site compounds, event back-of-house and homes on backup. The work this band actually does, photographed on real Melbourne jobs.
From your call to power on
No triage queue and no handballing. The person who picks up is the person organising your set.
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We size it on the call
Our electricians and generator specialists work out what will carry the load now, and what the connection needs to look like.
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Dispatch and connect
The set goes out on our own float fleet, and our A-grade electricians make the connection and commission it on site.
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We stay accountable
Fuel management, monitoring and on-call technicians until your operation is back on, stable, and no longer needs us.
Bigger than 80kVA?
Above this band the fleet steps up to 100kVA and beyond, where sets can be synchronised to run in series for redundancy and load bearing.
Most Popular 100–500kVA
Medium Generators
Construction sites, cranes, hotels and supermarkets. The workhorse of our hire fleet.
- Bulk fuel options
- Remote monitoring
- Long-term contracts
Large 800–1500kVA
Large Generators
Industrial plants, shopping centres, food processing. Bulk power, built to run.
- Containerised units
- Parallel-ready
- Onsite commissioning
Trusted Across Victoria
Power for the projects that can’t go dark.
Frequently asked
Which size in the 20kVA – 80kVA range do I need?
Work from the starting load rather than the running load. Add up what has to run continuously, then look at what starts: motors, compressors, refrigeration and hoists draw far more on start-up, and on a small set that surge is what sets the machine. As a rough guide, a shop or a site shed sits around 20kVA, a commercial kitchen or a busy compound around 40kVA to 60kVA, and a working site with plant on it at 80kVA. Our sizing calculator will give you an indicative figure in a couple of minutes, and our team will confirm it before anything is quoted.
Do you hold every size between 20kVA and 80kVA?
Our standard small fleet is built around 20kVA, 35kVA and 60kVA machines, so a 40kVA or an 80kVA requirement goes out on the closest set that genuinely carries the load, which for anything with real motor starting is the size above. We name the machine when we quote, because what turns up on site matters more than the number on the enquiry.
Are the small sets quiet enough for events and residential streets?
Every set in this band is canopied rather than open, which is what makes it usable in retail strips, on event sites and in residential streets. If noise is the binding constraint on your job, say so early: our quietest builds sit at particular sizes and we will match you to the nearest one rather than send a machine that gets shut down by a complaint.
What goes out with the generator?
Whatever the connection needs. Cabling, a temporary distribution board, ramped cable covers, and a refuelling program on a longer hire, all held in our Kilsyth yard. Our A-grade electricians make the connection and commission the set on site, so you are not left finding a sparky once the machine is in the driveway.
What happens if the load turns out to be more than 80kVA?
Then we move you up, and it is a phone call rather than a new negotiation. The hire fleet runs to 1500kVA, and from 100kVA up the sets can be synchronised to run in series, which gives you redundancy and the ability to take one machine offline without dropping the site. Getting the size right is our job, so if the first assessment was light we will fix it.
How long can I hire a small generator for?
From a single day through to a multi-year contract. Short hires regularly extend when a repair or an upgrade runs long, and that is not a problem: tell us the dates you know about and we will build the term around them.
20kVA – 80kVA hire enquiries
Tell us the load, we will name the size
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