Staber washing machines [RE-wrenches]

[Bob-O Schultze, Electron Connection]

<x-flowed>Hiya Tricia,
I'm guessing that your Heart does not have a charger built in or you 
don't have an ac battery charger or the problem would be moot. You'd 
have the genny going at full throttle for the charger anyway.
In any case, NEVER use the auto-throttle with the Staber, any other 
washer, or an inverter/charger. It may work, but it is just an all 
around bad idea to feed the circuit boards low ac voltage. Turn the 
genny on, USE it, and then turn it off. How much more efficient can 
that be?
Good Luck, bob-O

>
>My husband is a "wrench" participant, but I read Home Power, too.  In fact
>it was in Home Power that I first read about the washing machines made by
>Staber Industries.  My old machine was on it's last leg and I immediately
>knew that the Staber machine was what I wanted - a machine that would last
>me the rest of my life.
>
>Received the machine last week here in the Dominican Republic.  Found out
>that it works great on our Heart inverter, but since we can sometimes have
>loooong outages here, we'd really prefer to save the batteries for our other
>energy needs (i.e., lights, fans and a Sunfrost refrigerator.)  We have a
>Honda 4.5 kwa generator that we used to power the old Whirlpool when there
>was no lights.
>
>My question is if anyone has experience powering a Staber washer with a
>generator?  Specifically, I'm wondering if I can have the generator set on
>Auto for the Auto-throttle system to save on fuel consumption?  With my old
>machine I could, but I have received no response from Staber when I asked
>them for information on powering the machine with a generator.
>
>Sure would appreciate receiving advice on this.
>
>Tricia Pickett
>Bethany Lifewater Project
>Dominican Republic
>
>james.morris at codetel.net.do
>
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