Friday, Jun 19, 2009 at 17:01
Gary,
The definitive answer is, "suck it and see"
What I mean by that is the only true way to answer your question is to start the generator and plug in the appliance and see what happens.
In some really rare cases and the appliance that springs to mind is the Dometic inverter RV washing machine will not run on the Honda generators regardless of their capacity yet it will run on the Yamaha.
That is the only case I know of that the Honda wouldn't run an appliance. That may have changed now as Dometic were looking into their electronics to see if they could make a correction.
Make sure first off that the appliance actually starts then monitor the appliance very carefully for rapid rises in temperature of the electric motor etc.
Be prepared to pull the plug quickly if things just don't seam right.
I know that doesn't sound very scientific but without knowing a whole host of design and performance data on both the generator and the appliance that's the best available to us.
Our main aim in portable generators is to emulate as closely as possible the power that is supplied to our house. As I said above, from my tests with one exception you pretty much get what you pay for in portable generators.
Geoff
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