psproule replied:

Depends on the quality of the generator. The Honda Inverters give a nice clean sine-wave output and are very well regulated. I am currently running $500,000 worth of sensitive electronic equipment in our TV outside broadcast truck off of a couple of Honda EU65i's (6.5kva inverters).

Having said that, I doubt very much if you would damage the display on a regular generator. Most electronic equipment in use today is fairly forgiving of power input due to running switchmode power supplies. The only time we have ever had trouble running equipment from a gennie was when it was an old combo welder / generator. Some of the gear refused to run, and while the RMS voltage was correct the waveform out of it was a square wave with a series of high-voltage spikes.

Pat

snapper49 replied:

I recently sough proffesional advice over basically the same issue
For digital displays you require a sine wave generator otherwise damge can occur
Honda Kipor are two that Im aware of that comply

PatrolSTL04 replied:

My Honda 2KVA Inverter would not start our Air Command Air con....2.4KVA Yamaha did and runs fine....but stays of max output.

Inverter Generators will be prefectly fine...better than domestic power.

Brett......