Bunnings Generator

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hey since when was you able to type in shiet and post but it comes back as a bleep?
but i'm glad it did

of course it will run anything that is purely resistance such as heaters and the like...the gen set will only do what it can...

ie if the heater is 2500watts there is no way that it will be at full output capacity if only 1000watts is going in...all your getting is 1000w of heat out...you wont be getting 2500watts......

This would be cheaper to run than gas and reverse cycle airconditioning for heating if it was.....

So in short.....your being misled in your thinking!

oh and incidently...your the one now giving us bullbleep! lol lol
couldnt resist that so hope no offence is taken

oh nudenut I COULD NEVER TAKE OFFENCE by one or more of your replies LOL , but ,the big but , is are we in context to the original question ,? will a $98 gen do the job ??? the answer is YES it bloody well will with some reserve ,,, to go into more detail we require your expertise as a fridgie ,,, ohhhmmm ,ammmmps ,volllllllts, waaaaaaatts,,the coefficient to the angle of the renrty of the gas to the exit velocity of the said gas to be at optimum smell and pressure to be safe in this scenario ,, methinks bummer. LOL

but none the less...you cant get 2500watts output from 1000watts input!
tis a pity your ignorance and arogance lol
you ought to take note yourself on what he asks? before you reply with statements that are at best misleading

can it do the job? god only knows...how big is his 3 stage charger? does it pull more than the output of genny? without the facts can you honestly say the 980 gennie can do it without damage to whatever?

They are certainly a bargain price.My 850 watt unit is fine for running a light or two and a power drill for example. It also has a small dc output for battery charging but this is unregulated and at 15+ volts will get a medium size battery gassing fairly quickly (not good).
I have tried the 240v ac driving a 5amp automatic regulating charger but it cant handle the rough waveform input.
I am going to try bringing down the dc output a little by using a panel of inexpensive diodes (in4004 in parallel for current and series to drop the voltage a bit.) (each one in series should drop the voltage by about 0.7volt) I dont think I would run a notebook computer directly from it.
I wouldnt want one anywhere near me in the bush however. They are not Honda quiet but hopefully will give Honda a price fright! They need one.

I would guess that the alterator does not like the high current switching pulses drawn by the charger. This would affect the internal alterator regulator. In most of these alternators with an aux 12v output, the regulator works only on the 240v AC output, and the 12v output varies a lot, depending on the 240v load. An analog regulator on the 12v would work, but get pretty hot. A switching reg would probably upset the alternator as well. The diode idea may be the easiest, if not the prettiest way of solving the problem.
As an aside, I have found that my Trojan aux battery needs the occasional 15v charge to get the sg's up; the 14.2v from my vehicle alternator or same from my regulated charger not sufficient to bring the battery up properly to sg1250+. My solar reg does bring the batt up to 15v briefly, then drops back to 14.2, which seems to be what the batt likes.
Whoops! I said I wasn't going to say any more on this topic!
cheers, Gerry