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California made those small gas generators illegal.
by thepasswordis 4y ago
California made those small gas generators illegal.
- MerelyMortal 4y agoTo only purchase within the state, or bring in generators purchased in another state, or to operate already-purchased generators?
- nilespotter 4y agoPurchase within the state
- nilespotter 4y agoYou have until 01/2024 to buy one
- hedora 4y agoThey only banned ones that don't have NOx emissions controls and that are are easily replaced with portable batteries. Here is the text of the bill: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1346 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtm... My reading suggests that this won't impact anything that you should consider plugging your house into. Instead, it's targeting stuff like this: https://www.harborfreight.com/generators-engines/generators/8750-watt-inverter-generator-with-co-secure-technology-57480.html https://www.harborfreight.com/generators-engines/generators/... However, that model is twice as expensive as the one harbor freight was selling before the bill passed. The old one wasn't an inverter, so the frequency / voltage would drift around when the load changed, and couldn't be used with computers (or modern appliances). It wouldn't surprise me if they slapped a catalytic converter on it while they were upgrading the electronics.