Generators & Bread Makers

Yeah mate the 20I will run up about 2000 watts, it will do a bit better in a short burst, eg to start an air con unit.

The breadmaker only _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx 550 wats so will do it and run the rest f the van or whatever you ahve at the same time.

Some breadmakers have problems with some gennys but the Honda should be absoloutely fine.. I think the problem relates to the type of AC a lot of the cheaper gennys output, whereas the honda is a perfect sine wave as far as I know.

thats 550 bread watts, which is close to half a normal watt, but the EU20 should still be ok. The only thing I would worry about is whether the supply from the genny is "clean" enough to allow the bread machine program to run, watt wise you're ok so give it a try in the back yard first

lets see...
Camp oven and a fire.

Water, flour and a pinch of salt,

10 minutes of of preperation and 30 minutes later a nice damper.

na you dont need a generator, bread maker ...... blow up doll.

whoops jnust forget that I have mentioned the doll.

shadow

Yeah mate you are right. Still I travelled around Aus for 12 months and cooked it three or four times in the camp oven and about 60 times in the breadmaker, lots easier, and it gets pretty hot around a camp fire at 47 degrees celcius.

Ah well each to their own EH

Yes I prefer to take a blow up doll than a breadmaker, sure you can sell the bread but you get far more bread hiring out your blow up friend to some desperate male travellers....

If they have the dough they could make good use of either..........................

cleaner than mains - rubbish, any load will slow the motor affecting both voltage and ferquency, and its the freq changes that will kill stuff attached to it more than the voltage

You obviously don't know how an inverter generator works. Both frequency and voltage are independent of the motor speed.

Stephen.

Bonz,
My Kipor inverter generator has been hooked up to my oscillioscope, with varying loads. Both voltage AND wave form are absolutely outstanding.
I'm sure the Honda would be too.

A conventional generator is an entirely different story! Lots of sine wave distortion, voltage variation etc. No comparison.

How much transient change is there in voltage or frequency when you suddenly add or remove loads on the Kipor - both with and wothout smart-throttle.

Mike

Mike,
obviously you can't go from NO load to MAX with smart throttle, the motor is almost idling and if suddenly wacked with 2,000 watts the motor just dies, not surprisingly.
Smart throttle off though, or more gradual load on smart throttle ie: say 800 watts suddenly up to say 1,600, no problem at all. Voltage and freq are very stable.
I believe the Honda inverter is just a fraction better at instant load increases, motor starting etc. But then it's more than twice the price- it should be better.... My 2Kva Kipor was $899 plus delivery.
Cheers

Try not to cook your bread in the middle of the night ready for breakfast. You will not make many friends that way!!!

but you might make a wad of dough

Is there no way to make bread using a gas stove?

Mike Harding

Yes, there is Mike.

A gas ring on the Hillybilly Camp Oven will do it easy.

Also, 7-8 heat beads in the Cobb Cooker will also suffice.

How do you change power sources to the Breadmaker - won't it start the baking cycle if you interrupt power ?

Or do you mean the Generator is used to charge the battery powering the Inverter ? (as I suggested above)

Mike

Most breadmakers can cope with a minor power outage and pick up where they left off when the power comes back on.

Stephen.

Hi Mike, sorry for delay, been away working,
Yes stephen is correct, the breadmaker has a 10 minute power delay cycle.

Cheers Pesty

Well, it looks like I have a cheap and nasty one (Breville BB200).

If I switch power off and then on again, the Breadmaker switches itself off !

Which models will retain thier settings during a brief power outage ?? I'll make sure I buy one of those next time !

Mike