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In my experience, the more moving parts in an HF item, the more likely the failure. There are lots of better alternatives. There is a review thread around here on the little one. Buy a champion seems to be the best cheap Genny. I bought a 3000 or 3500 watt Champion for $300 last year.
The DC power is then “inverted” back into clean AC power of the desired frequency and voltage (e.g., 110-120VAC @ 60Hz). Regulation is very good and this system produces consistent power characteristics independent of the engine speed.
So I just bought one of those cheapy 2 cycle Harbor Freight generators last night. Fired it up, engine is quiet and runs like a champ. So I put a load on it, and let it run in for awhile. Ran a computer, TV, home theater, DVD player (all the good delicate things these generators are best at running), and everything was great.
A gallon of fuel will last nearly 24 hours with a 2000w unit from researching. Run the large genset to power the 220 well pump a few minutes a day for water neeeds and switch over to a small 2000ish unit when needed for any other laod. View Quote. 2400-3000w inverter.
You can get them in all sorts of sizes similar to "traditional" generators. If you have a 2000W inverter and 2000W traditional generator they will both be able to make 2000W because that's what they're built for (sort of, many 2kW generators are really rated for about 1800W continuous, 2kW peak for when motors start up).
Defender of Freedom. All the 3500 watt generators that can be linked (i.e., inverter models) are 120 volt only - which rules out running a 240 volt well pump (unless you also want buy a step-up transformer). Linking two of them together doesn't change this limitation.
Attached File. It's rated for 50 Amps on any given conductor. If you put a load on X and Y, you're going to get 240V at up to 50 Amps before you exceed its rating. If, however, you connect one load to X and the neutral, and another load to Y and the neutral, each of those loads is getting 120V at up to 50 amps.
Is there any "portable" inverter dual-fuel generator with enough wattage to power both these, and have juice left over for the rest of the house? Local harbor freight has an open box predator 9000w normally $799 marked down to $589, which could possibly run one OR the other. But it's not an inverter generator nor dual fuel.
General » General Discussion. [ARCHIVED THREAD] - 20% off Harbor Freight Predator generators thru 1/26. ARCHIVED. Posted: 1/12/2023 1:46:44 PM EDT. Not trying to start arguments. I have the 9000w invertor version and it's worked fine for the half dozen power outages I've had in the last year. Attached File. Posted: 1/12/2023 1:47:26 PM EDT.
Seller recommended the 3500w Harbor Freight Predator inverter generator. I see these are currently $899. HF linky here Rather than read 100 pages...recommendations for a better generator for the money? Will double as the home backup generator during storm season. If this is the preferred generator, any coupons or ways to get a discount?