professor95 wrote:
curt12914 wrote:
Professor, Have you tried the 2000 watt Honda and Yamaha generators? How do their inverters compare for output?
Bottom line - all of the 2,000 advertised watt inverters (Honda, Kipor, Yamaha and Champion) reliably operated up to 1,500 watts of continuous load. NONE were capable of operating at a continuous load of 2,000 watts.
The Honda and Kipor provided more surge current. The Yamaha and CPE would NOT start a 6,000 BTU window air conditioner used as a test device. The Honda and Kipor would start the device. The Yamaha and CPE would NOT start a 12 amp circular saw. The Kipor and Honda would.
The Honda and Kipor are 100cc engines. The Champion and Yamaha have 80cc engines.
This is in no way a statement that implies the Champion and Yamaha are inferior to the Kipor and Honda. But, if your needs are for higher surge or starting currents, the larger displacement engine models do appear to have an advantage.
Have you tried a Generac iX 2000?
It has a 127cc engine.
BTW, from the Generac manual:
NOTE:
Power output and runtime are influenced by many factors, some of which are fuel quality, ambient temperature and engine condition. Output decreases approximately 3.5% for each 1,000 feet above sea level and 1% for every 10 degrees above 60 degrees F
So if you know what the temp and altitude was for your tests you could probably estimate sea level output.
