Smarter Tools Inverter Generator at Costco?
This evening I was at costco and strolled down the generator aisle - expecting to see a Champion generator - which I did - but also was another generator. Smarter Tools was the brand name with a "Y...
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Just offering opinion, unless the smarter tools generator uses an inverter module purchased or licensed from Honda, it's not going to work for two reasons:
1) The eu-series generators have a higher output voltage, in the 126-128 ballpark, than "everybody" else's 120 volt output. This would mean that the Honda would carry all of the load until it was close to overloading from low voltage.
2) The eu inverters use a frequency shifting algorithm to keep the parallel generators in synchronization. If the non-Honda's algorithm isn't compatible they aren't going to play well together.
Even if the inverter is licensed, it might be compatible, or it might not be.
1) The eu-series generators have a higher output voltage, in the 126-128 ballpark, than "everybody" else's 120 volt output. This would mean that the Honda would carry all of the load until it was close to overloading from low voltage.
2) The eu inverters use a frequency shifting algorithm to keep the parallel generators in synchronization. If the non-Honda's algorithm isn't compatible they aren't going to play well together.
Even if the inverter is licensed, it might be compatible, or it might not be.
