Westinghouse i4500 Generator
I posted a few weeks ago about trying to run my AC with a Yamaha 2k genny and Magnum 3000W boost inverter. Sort summary - the Yamaha just wasn’t strong enough with surges to work. So now I’ve pur...
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Interesting work around 3 tons.
I wish inverter companies were more forthcoming about boost capabilities and generator interactions (actually I wish they would have just solved this problem :) ) that way I’d have known going in instead of having false expectations and dealing with it real time in >100deg weather. Frankly I’m not sure how aware of this they are after a couple hours with Magnum techs.
Surprisingly the Magnum tech asked me “have you heard about the rule of sizing a generator 2x the inverter size?” He was suggesting that I should have a 6kW genny since I have a 3kW inverter! When I balked he quickly backed down and said “while we recommend…”. With that kind of margin I would expect you’d never hear of this issue, but it kind of defeats why I replaced my perfectly good Magnum2800 with the 3012 load support unit.
I wish inverter companies were more forthcoming about boost capabilities and generator interactions (actually I wish they would have just solved this problem :) ) that way I’d have known going in instead of having false expectations and dealing with it real time in >100deg weather. Frankly I’m not sure how aware of this they are after a couple hours with Magnum techs.
Surprisingly the Magnum tech asked me “have you heard about the rule of sizing a generator 2x the inverter size?” He was suggesting that I should have a 6kW genny since I have a 3kW inverter! When I balked he quickly backed down and said “while we recommend…”. With that kind of margin I would expect you’d never hear of this issue, but it kind of defeats why I replaced my perfectly good Magnum2800 with the 3012 load support unit.
