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Posted by Tony Hwang on July 3, 2008, 9:32 pm
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Mark wrote:
> ransley wrote:
>> How did you measure surge, with a digital meter that records the
>> peak?, ive seen new friges that use 100w pull 700w surge, and 300w
>> surge for AC sounds way to low.
>
> the inverter ac definitely runs as I described and is rated 790w max and
> 7 amps as it starts off (yes, compressor is inverter controlled also and
> fully variable speed, not a two or three speed) very slowly and almost
> never draws more than 450w and 5 amps
>
> fridge is fairly new but even granting that it may pull 700w, shouldn't
> a honda gx390 engine rated at 8000 watts, continuous 6600 watts easily
> handle this? it certainly has in the first 20 hours of it's operation
> and it didn't even speed struggle when things cycled on and off.
>
> I also know the full load based on power company having connected a data
> logger when running under utility power and we tested each circuit
> separately and multiple circuits simultaneously. The logger recorded
> spikes just as they occurred within thousands of a second fraction so am
> very confident of the total power draw of everything that is running
> when I connect generator.
Hmmm,
Inverter running off AC? Conventionally inverter runs off DC for AC device.
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