Cheap chinese generator safe for electronics?
My travel trailer included a cheap chinese portable generator. The only identifier on it is xg-sf3000. It appears that these are all made by the same chinese company and sold under different brand nam...
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I would check power with a voltmeter, then a frequency meter, first unloaded then with a good load on it for at least twenty minutes. Power should not be above 127 Volts, 62Hz nor below 108 volts 56Hz.
If the generator surges even once during the test, strike one, it's out.
Do not run inductive loads while electronics are plugged in.
A laptop brick is rugged as hell. 80-240 volts, 52 - 68 Hz. A brick's output is not influenced by the value of the power put into it. Until the point it shuts down.
Harmonic distortion is I believe what you are referring to. Not a big issue when the generator is lightly loaded and voltage and frequency are within design specs.
It's when the generator is loaded to a battery charger or other inductive load that waveform resembles the path of a sailor in Po City on a Saturday night.
If the generator surges even once during the test, strike one, it's out.
Do not run inductive loads while electronics are plugged in.
A laptop brick is rugged as hell. 80-240 volts, 52 - 68 Hz. A brick's output is not influenced by the value of the power put into it. Until the point it shuts down.
Harmonic distortion is I believe what you are referring to. Not a big issue when the generator is lightly loaded and voltage and frequency are within design specs.
It's when the generator is loaded to a battery charger or other inductive load that waveform resembles the path of a sailor in Po City on a Saturday night.
