[AMRadio] Inverter generator - keep up with instant current demand ?

C Solomon cdsol at swbell.net
Tue May 1 11:29:45 EDT 2012


Speaking of generators...

I'm contemplating replacement of my heavy noisy conventional generator with a smaller quieter inverter generator for portable HF use.  

I understand that one of the differences is that a conventional generator runs at a constant 3600 rpm, but an inverter generator runs slower, then increases rpm to catch up with higher current draw on demand.  How would that play with an HF SSB station using a small amplifier to about 300W, when the current demand can jump next to nothing on receive, to surges of several hundred watts in fractions of a second?

Thanks and '73!

Carl - W5SU
Dallas TX


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