How Big a Gen to Run a Converter? Some Info.
EDIT: some of my earlier posts in this thread have the wrong idea. As more info came in later, things got less confusing--sort of! :) --------------------- Another look at this topic. It is n...
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pianotuna wrote:Sorry if I don't explain well. The generator output is limited by VA. If you're hitting this limit and wish you could charge faster, the lower VA converter is better. If the shore power is metered, the lower watts converter is better. I'm guessing that the fuel consumption of the generator is affected more by the VA than the watts draw, because the lower the pf, the more energy goes up as heat. The same is true with shore power, but the wasted energy is mostly on the power company's side of the meter. That's why the big shore power consumers get metered by VA instead of watts. I wonder if there's some political reason that homes don't get metered in VA?
But you say the prosine is better on the generator? Yet it uses more watts?
