On 2/21/2013 10:04 AM, charlie wrote:
On 2/20/2013 5:30 PM, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
I've been looking for a gasoline powered generator
How large a generator? What's expensive?
Harbor Freight has an 800w gas gen for $89.95
Large generators? Google Genrac. There are other lower cost generators
as well, with sources usually on the west coast.

Generally, a "conventional" generator uses the mass of the rotating
components, along with regulator(s) to stabilize the output. More
expensive units have a solid state "inverter" for more tightly
controlled output.

One drawback of the conventional generator has to do with the output
voltage level in an "idle" situation. The inverter types usually don't
have the lower voltage output associated with the idle condition.
My conventional 15KW ~22KW surge generator drops output voltage to
~90-100vac at idle, and immediately goes to normal output 123-125 vac
under load. Frequency control seems to be within 1 hz or so of 60 hz.

A good UPS with a voltage stabilizer capability can help with
"sensitive" equipment. Most of the current crop of desktops (with a
decent power supply) aren't to picky, and the UPS helps eliminate any
brownout that might be caused by a generator going into idle mode.

Curiously, what is the gas usage typically under load per hour?

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Bill
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