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

[Bill Harris]

Carl: I power my rig (100w) from of a marine deep cycle battery that has a ten/fifteen amp, smart charger, which is powered by a Honda 1000eU.  The Honda stays in the idle mode and uses about a tank of gas (0.6gal) in about nine hours.  Only problem I have had with the Honda 1000 is inverter noise on 80 meters.  An AC filter will take it out.  Some Honda users has reported no noise, so YMMV.Ciaode Bill-w7kxb



> Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 08:29:45 -0700
> From: cdsol at swbell.net
> To: amradio at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [AMRadio] Inverter generator - keep up with instant current demand ?
> 
> 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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