Seems to be lot to this whole thing. I am most interested in the relationship between engine and inverter output for the ratings.
Manual says:
This generator is an engine-driven, revolving field....The revolving field is driven at about 4,500 rpm by a single-cylinder engine. (straight gas--not oil and gas mix)
It does slow down when not running a big load and it speeds up to run more of a 120v load. Something must be going on between revs and output?
So I am on the borderline between can and can't run this 75 amper which should run at the rated 1700VA. According to my Kill-A-Watt charger VA is about 1650)
So why can't it? Is it not doing that 4500 revs? Can I make it do those needed revs with better gasoline, synthetic oil, or pray to a different god? Or is it doing the revs but there is something not quite right going from engine to inverter output at the inverter's end of things?
I don't know the inner workings to even know where to start. I also have that measurement that it will run the charger at 75 amps if the charger is doing power supply, but not if it is doing battery charging. My 1650VA was doing power supply. I suppose I need to see the VA when battery charging to get that number. Both are at 75 amps, but the charger is current limited at 75 so it could need more input to do 75 when battery charging, don't know.
So that is something else to check. Drat. This was supposed to be easy. :)
