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The other one that drives me nuts is “sensitive electronics” in generator discussions.
by thedougd 7mo ago
The other one that drives me nuts is “sensitive electronics” in generator discussions.
- mindslight 7mo agoDo conventional synchronous generators not cause the problems they purportedly do? I've got an inverter generator simply for fuel usage. I've certainly had my fair share of square wave UPSs and devices that don't work on them.
- thedougd 7mo agoThis could be because of a floating neutral. There are certainly cases where harmonic distortion is a problem for a device. It’s just that everyone is left guessing, and there’s an overblown fear of devices being harmed.
- 1970-01-01 7mo agoYou don't think RF noise comes out of the generator?
- thedougd 7mo agoSure. It’s just rarely what lay people associate with “sensitive”. Most customers are worried about small electronics with switching mode power supplies that wouldn’t have a problem with just about any power source. I wouldn’t run some AC motors, old AC clock, ham radio, or many other things on some generators. The line is open to interoperation and never defined by the manufacturer. It’s blanket liability avoidance that confuses customers.