JConatser wrote:
Five.Nine wrote:
... the generator basically stalled out and the voltage dropped to about 80V when I tested it with a 1500 W heater...
I assume you did NOT have it in ECON mode when you did this test?
He probably did, because I've done this exact same test and had ZERO issues. This generator will run a 1500 watt heater all day long without complaints.
A big part of the problem with the introduction of these lower-cost inverter generators (which is opening up the market to those who would never have owned one otherwise) is that people don't fully understand them. You can't expect to shock-surge an inverter generator to within 90% of it's maximum rating (from no-load idle) and not see some voltage drop (or in extreme cases, overload) issues.
You need to use common sense. If you're going to demand a huge percentage of an inverter generators wattage suddenly, it's NOT realistic to expect it to be able to handle this situation 100% of the time from a low (or zero) load idle scenario. This is reason why the eco switch is there to begin with - so the feature can be disabled when you need to fire-off high load surge items.
