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Submitted: Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 at 00:42
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Member - Frank W (WA)
HI I would like to run a portable A/C unit of a 2Kv geni, i am confused the sales guy said it would run the A/C but he was not sure if the l e d display /timer/ switch would be damaged by the geni, (I may need some sort of power smoothing device) any ideas any one?
Reply By: psproule - Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 at 05:11
Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 at 05:11
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
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Reply By: snapper49 - Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:13
Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:13
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
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Follow Up By: psproule - Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 at 16:55
Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 at 16:55
I'd argue with that advice, and I have a fairly long background in electronics. Did they give you a basis for the claim? Sure, the odd bit of equipment may have an issue but I would shy away from blanket claims.
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Follow Up By: snapper49 - Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 at 17:52
Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 at 17:52
Advice given by 12 volt
shop adelaide
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Follow Up By: Maîneÿ . . .- Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 at 19:27
Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 at 19:27
snapper49,
was it "PURE" sine wave you were advised to buy ??
Maîneÿ . . .
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Follow Up By: snapper49 - Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 at 21:22
Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 at 21:22
Not an expert
just sine wave
Also inquired about an inverter for running off of batteries and was told the same a sine wave inverter
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Follow Up By: River Swaggie - Wednesday, Sep 23, 2009 at 05:47
Wednesday, Sep 23, 2009 at 05:47
**Not an expert
just sine wave
Also inquired about an inverter for running off of batteries and was told the same a sine wave inverter **
Hiya Snapper
It basically takes 10 secs to explain the difference,Obviously to hard for them..
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Follow Up By: snapper49 - Wednesday, Sep 23, 2009 at 09:26
Wednesday, Sep 23, 2009 at 09:26
yeah
well to me as a novice they did
they said unless you get a sine wave
generator or sine wave inverter (not modified) you run the risk of damaging any digital displays
To me that meant in my satelitte decoder which has a digital display
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Reply By: PatrolSTL04 - Thursday, Sep 24, 2009 at 19:26
Thursday, Sep 24, 2009 at 19:26
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......
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