Small Generator Shoot-Out Results
Comparing a 2-stroke non-inverter 950w King with a 4-stroke inverter type 500w Powerhouse ( called PH from now on here) http://www.powerhouse-products.com/powerhouse_product/500wi/ http://www.ki...
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I have had no issues running my converters on MSW. They don't care. That includes the Parallax 7355 when I forget to turn it off when on inverter. :)
OK, I got things set up again and ran the King with the 40 amper at its 20 amp setting to check out the Kill-A-Watt results at that power draw from the King. 122.8 unloaded
114v, 3.44a, 300w, 387VA, 60.1 Hz, PF 0.78 (was 0.76 at DC 38amps) On the inverter-gen it was:
118v, 4.36a, 322w, 516VA, 59.9 Hz, PF 0.65
So I have no clue what is going on with that. I thought I had a handle on all this VA and PF business, but not anymore :( the watts seems to come out right for the charger specs though, in these and the previous examples
The King didn't like running the Vector at only 20 amps. The engine hunted up and down the whole time going "rum, rum, rum, rum" and also there was some knocking or banging in there too.
As soon as I changed to the 40 amp setting, the Vector ramped up the amps and when passing through 30 amps, the King's engine steadied and kept steady while the Vector finished reaching 40 amps. Then it settled back down to about 37.5 amps and the King settled at about 100 volts and was running like it should IMO.
I will have to learn more about that with experience. When charging the Vector will eventually start to taper amps, so I wouldn't like to hear that engine starting to hunt once amps got below 30.
I need a new spark plug and my own gas mixture in there, some Sea Foam and all that, to get past the unknowns from it being a used one. Then I will know if this is all normal or what.
If I didn't have the Kill-A-Watt, I wouldn't know the voltage sag and would not be concerned! ( RJ's philosophy :) It sounds great running at 99 volts!
OK, I got things set up again and ran the King with the 40 amper at its 20 amp setting to check out the Kill-A-Watt results at that power draw from the King. 122.8 unloaded
114v, 3.44a, 300w, 387VA, 60.1 Hz, PF 0.78 (was 0.76 at DC 38amps) On the inverter-gen it was:
118v, 4.36a, 322w, 516VA, 59.9 Hz, PF 0.65
So I have no clue what is going on with that. I thought I had a handle on all this VA and PF business, but not anymore :( the watts seems to come out right for the charger specs though, in these and the previous examples
The King didn't like running the Vector at only 20 amps. The engine hunted up and down the whole time going "rum, rum, rum, rum" and also there was some knocking or banging in there too.
As soon as I changed to the 40 amp setting, the Vector ramped up the amps and when passing through 30 amps, the King's engine steadied and kept steady while the Vector finished reaching 40 amps. Then it settled back down to about 37.5 amps and the King settled at about 100 volts and was running like it should IMO.
I will have to learn more about that with experience. When charging the Vector will eventually start to taper amps, so I wouldn't like to hear that engine starting to hunt once amps got below 30.
I need a new spark plug and my own gas mixture in there, some Sea Foam and all that, to get past the unknowns from it being a used one. Then I will know if this is all normal or what.
If I didn't have the Kill-A-Watt, I wouldn't know the voltage sag and would not be concerned! ( RJ's philosophy :) It sounds great running at 99 volts!
