was generator - now Magnum Inverters [RE-wrenches]

[David Palumbo, Independent Power & Light]

Bob,

I have liked some aspects of the Magnum and have been disappointed with
others.

No load power draw with inverter (MS2812) on and AC breakers off = 43 watts
vs Out Back at 20 watts.
Magnum's literature claims 25 watts no load.

Also, I find that the search mode does not work as well as the Out Back. I
can not get this MS2812 to go into search at anything less than 20w, even
with the AC breakers all off. The power savings in search mode are not great
either (13.5w on 50w setting, 27w on the 30w search setting, and 36w at the
20w setting). All of these numbers are read from a reliable TriMetric meter
and have been checked and double checked.

These are tough numbers to ignore for off grid situations where efficiency
is highly valued.

Dave


-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Ellison [mailto:reellison at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 2:00 PM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: Re: generator to use with Trace DR2424 [RE-wrenches]


Home depot has some Subaru powered (10 HP OHC engines (belt drive cam) ).
Built by Coleman in the 5250 watt range that seem to be fairly good,
just peak the rpm's a little.Good on fuel and seem to hold up engine
wise. No problem with the generators at this point either.They are in
the $600.00 range. I know people running them 6 hours a day with no
problems in over a year. A balancing transformer really helps to even
things out.

Instead of a DR look at the Magnums, they have the best charger I have
seen. The 4024 will charge better than 100 amps and the mod sine have
the same charger.

Bob

On 8/24/07, Windy Dankoff <windydankoff at mac.com> wrote:
>
> Wrenches
>
> I'm advising an old customer who needs to add a backup generator to
> cover loads added by a renter. Intending to use the DR2424 for backup
> charging, can anyone recommend a relatively inexpensive generator,
> likely to be locally available, that seems to provide the peak
> voltage that the DR needs for good performance?
>
> Thanks
> Windy
> Santa Fe, NM
>
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