Yamaha EF1000iS Genset
I've previously owned 2 Honda EU2000i gensets, each purchased used, primarily as back up for those times each season we inevitably lose shore power while camping and may want / need to recharge the ba...
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SoundGuy wrote:pianotuna wrote:
1000 va may not be enough to run the furnace.SoundGuy wrote:
Back when I owned an EU2000i I re-wired the house furnace so I could run it directly from the genset sitting in the backyard. Max power draw measured with the furnace running was ~ 550 watts, I don't recall PF as measured with my Kill-a-Watt meter but I seem to recall VA was ~ 750 VA.
So I had a chance to measure my house furnace with my Kill-a-Watt meter and with the burner going & fan running on 120 vac house power got the following readings -
PF 0.61
VA 751
Watts 460
Amps 6.0
The little Yamaha EF1000iS is peak rated @ 1000 watts, continuous rated @ 900 watts, and 900 VA when the load PF is 1.0 ... but with the furnace having a PF of 0.61 the best the genset could provide would be 549 VA. Hmmmm, that's not gonna work if the furnace requires 751 VA. Nuts. :(
Hence the reason the EU2000 is so popular... it does more stuff ;)
