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CJW8
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Jul 18, 2016

AC (alt current) Waveforms and THD for gens and inverter

Have you ever been curious what your generator or inverter waveform looks like? I have and the question has been asked on this forum several times. I have a new to me, recently calibrated Fluke 41B ...
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CJW8
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Jul 21, 2016
Thanks Mex, Surprisingly, my 5500 onboard Onan is the worst I have seen so far. I am posting it next. It is worse than my 2 sub $1000 Champions. I will say it is the quietest onboard generator I have ever heard.
Onan 5500 Wave:

Onan 5500 THD:

Onan 5500 Text:

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