INVERTER GENERATOR What's the DIFFERENCE between an INVERTER GENERATOR and a regular generator?
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2024
- Inverter Generator what is it and how is it different from a regular generator. I share the benefits and the drawbacks of each and why you might choose one over the other.
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I like the comment, “two is one, one is none and three is guaranteed”. Very well applied in this scenario. 👍🏻
All over RUclips, and Noone could explain it as well as you have. Thank you sir great video.
Great explanation. Had been trying to figure this out and this was by far and away the most clear and concise out of a dozen articles and a handful of videos I checked first. Thanks!
Thanks Sir I do my best to take this "complicated" topics and make them understandable for myself, and then turn around and try to share them with you all.
Great explanation. You make it simple for people to understand the differences
Thanks Kentucky
I'm finally breaking down and getting a generator. This video was loads of help. I went inverter Genny.
Excellent information. So concise while hitting all the key points!!!
You’re a great teacher Toolman Tim, why because you made a confusing topic SIMPLE to understand... Thanks !!
Thanks Pauline these are the type of comments I love getting. Have a great day
Excellent, Excellent video!!! I didn't know the difference until now. Thanks 4 making this easy to understand! You hit it out of the park
This was everything I needed. Thank you!
Great video Tim. I would like to add if you are going to be a long time using it. Like When hurricane Maria hits PR. We were 4 months without electric power and I spent a lot of money on gasoline. Like $300 or $400 monthly. If money isn't a problem for you another thing you need to think about is that probably isn't going to be gasoline available at least at the beggining of the emergency. I have both types of generators, but if you need to choose one go with the inverter you will spend less $ on gasoline and survived with less fuel.
Fantastic video and so informative. I am an electrical engineer, and I say this is great educational video. Keep in mind duel fuels with propane is much better than gas, but it produce less W.
Yes, that was quick and clear. You did great. Thank you.
That's awesome and a great way to explain difference, I'm a supervisor AT HFT and you made it so much easier for me to explain difference between the inverted and regular generator!
You're very welcome!
Great explanation, thank you.
Thank you so much I appreciate the information
Great video that answered all my questions thank you.
Thank you so much for this explanation
Thanks so much
Clear & understandable. Thanks!!
Thank you for the information!
Excellent job on your explanation. Thank you for the video kind sir.
Great info! Thank you Toolman Tim!
Thanks red flyer
Thank u for the nice info easily explained!
No problem
Awesome video i needed to know this just got a new RV thanks Inverter it is.
Great explanation!
Hey man...very grateful for your information...you simplified for me....invertor is for me....thankyou
Thanks Ray those are the type of comments that mean the most to a contact creator. Have a great day.
@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP Good video. Is there an adapter that çan be added to an open face generator that can clean the signal?
Very informative video and just what I needed!
Great video. Have heard these terms before and no clue what they meant. Keep sharing what u learn. Subscribed.
Thanks Tom welcome to the workshop and if you ever have any topic ideas for videos, throw at me, I’ll work them in the schedule at some point
Good information. Thanks.
Hello Sir Tim, thank you so much much for yhis info. I just wondering how about the maintenance of both generator? is it the same or there is cheaper and expensive side? thanks
Nice video and general explanation. Kudos sir!
Thank you very much. These are my absolute favorite comment. I work hard on these videos to make them top quality and I appreciate you taking the time to stop and say something.
What an absolutely perfect video! thank you for making this.
Very helpful. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
I really like the video. Thank you for sharing, but couldn’t you just get a surge protector to plug your electronic all devices into to save them?
Good info.
Great video. Everything you need to know, and to the point.
Appreciate it
Great video explanation!
Thank you for explanation of differences. Want to go with inverter. One qu, looked thru Playlist - do you have anything reviewing/recommending various brand, model options? Thanks again.
Awesome! Great info- thank you!😃😃
Thanks
Thank you
Great job brother! Subscribed and liked!
Hi Tim, great video. You may be able to help where others have failed. I have an RV with a Onan 4000 generator. Trouble I am having the Xantrex inverter does not like the Onan, and will not charge the house batteries. It works fine on shore power. I hooked up my Honda eu2000i to the Xantrex and it is working fine, charging the batteries as it should. Is it possible to "clean up" the power coming from the Onan - thanks so much.
Great video. I currently have an open frame generator - super loud for my neighbors when using as power our townhouse during outages. My take from your video is that with the inverter generator, I can still connect it to my transfer switch just as I do with the open frame, but it will be much quieter - correct?
very helpful thank u
Thanks!
Great information, thanks for sharing - have not heard the best of reviews from Harbor Freight stuff, but, if you think its ok, I'll give it another look.
Next to Honda, the best generator in its class on the market. And about half the price.
So I just recently picked up my first hf gnerator the 3500 watt inverter and my initial thoughts are really good especially for the features you get at a much lower price point. A lot of my friends inside prepping circles speak rather highly of them.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are very welcome
Great video ty
Would a good surge protector clean that jagged sine wave up some?
Hello . Talking to you about changing the oil and filter... are you talking about the oil filter? if so i have a firman TO 4073 generator, i would like to know if it has an oil filter? Thank you and congratulations for the good work. Mario from Mirabel QC Canada.
A traditional generator has to run at 3600 rpm’s (or 1800 but not in portables) to get 60hz output.
Some inverter generators are open frame. They are open frame because they need the room for a larger motor to produce higher power at 240A. That way they can be used as a whole house electrical supply. Champion and Duracell both make open frame inverter generators with >6000 watt output. Also some new appliances, stoves, fridges, have circuit boards that can be damaged by a standard generator.
the best video in this topic in the internet
Great video
You need to test the fireman generator because they also put out cleaner power then the older generators. I've ran my 52" smart tv about 200 hrs on the regular newer generators. Since 2017 through FL hurricane seasons no problems on of my electronics.
The limited testing I’ve done so far all electronics have ran fine according to firman the Total harmonic distortion is 11-14% which is high but hasn’t caused any problems yet.
Tim, have you had any issues running electronics (TV, laptop, etc.) with your firman?
Great information
Will the crate generator also potentially fry my electronics if I run it through a transfer switch vs directly from the crate generator.
Awesome video.
Thanks
Great video, I want a generator that is light, but can power my house, ac with soft start, small freezer, 2 refrigerators and some lights. I hardly ever have black outs. The weight and being able to use for camping. AC is not needed if weight is a factor. Does this one come with a 220 plug? I had a Generac 3500 watt generator power my old house with 2 freezers and 2 frig’s wiyh no problem.
Great explanation. Earned a subscriber. Answered all my questions. In your opinion, open frame generator ok to run welder? Or would the dirty electricity mess it up?
In my opinion yes it should be more than fine
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Thank you very much
What if I get a open generator and buy a external inverter is that possible to set up of course won’t be quite but does it equal up to a inverter generator?
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if using for a Whole Home Backup with a Inlet and Say a Smart Home Panel like a EcoFlow2 Panel, is the Cleaner Energy Needed over RaW Power?
Another TMT vid saved to my prepping file. And did you say dirty Jaggy Power 😜
Thanks brother jaggy and yea I did say dirty jaggy power lol
If you run in parallel can you get a 240 output. So you can run both phases of your home load center?
Question: does the BATTERY charge on the Predator 3500 inverter when operating??? I can’t find answers anywhere!? Or does the battery have so many cranks and have to replace???
Great info Tim. Wanted to let you know that at least at Harbor Freight, they have Open Frame, “Inverter” Generators. They run about 35% less than the closed frame ones. Clean power, cheaper, but lots more noise!
Thanks mark I’ll check those out. I’ve been noticing more open framed inverter generators on the market as of late
Yes I bought a Champion Inverter Generator and looks identical to my old regular generator.
Now I understand !
I'm no expert, but I've ran across some people online that seem to know what they are talking about. These people are of the opinion that the newer, modern, NON-inverter generators aren't as bad for electronics as the old school ones.
Yeah, I also read that a modern generator with a good voltage regulator is not that bad for electronics. I still got an inverter generator for fuel efficiency and the noise suppression.
I would rather pay the extra amount for a Honda inverter generator tha is clearly the best and not risk damage to my equipment. I have a Honda generator that is 20 years old still guns when needed.
Great video. Dont understand one thing. Is AVR in tech specs means it is a inverter generator?
basically yes its a much simplier verison of a dc inverter, it may not regulate the voltage as well as an invter but its the next best thing
@@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP tnx man!
You can now get big generators with low THD which puts more power than inverters. More expensive though like inverters. Plus and minus but like its quiet and portable followed by the ability to be paired
Good
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Is there one that can run on solar power?
Can an inverter be hooked up to a non inverter generator to get inverter power? HOW?
Do they have to be put outside if they give off carbon dioxide
I want a tri-fuel fuel injected inverter generator with at least 9000W. I have found one manufacturer (Genmax). Is that a good brand?
Only thing I need to know is how far away can it be from your camping tent and does it throw same amount of fumes in the air or less
Same fumes when running at full power but you want to be a minimum 10’ from your gennie and not be down wind from it to be safe
@@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP thank you
Good video, but I still. have a question. If I use my open frame generator and have a surge protector in use for my electronics, is this OK or are my electronics still in danger
of being ruined?
So no, all the surge protector does is protect a device from a quick high power surge. The problem with a non-inverter generator is that the power isn’t clean so instead of a smooth wave form, it looks more like lightning bolts to an extent and the powers up and down it’s the fluctuation in power that will rapidly shorten the life of electronics
@@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP THANKS for the quick answer. Much appreciated!
Hey Tim, can you run your computers n your refrigerator on an invert generator
100% yes they are really the only generators that will run these items without the possibility of long term damage
Is there solutions to clean up the generator output?
There are something I’m actually working on at the moment but you can get UPS is an interruptable power supplies some of which will take the power charge the battery and then power the electronics. You need my little do that as opposed to one little pass-through electricity when it’s running
I don’t think so Tim…Open frame generators can be inverter generators. I have one.
Do I need CLEAN inverter power to run a battery charger? Or does the battery charger itself clean up the power prior to charging the batteries?
So as long as you can run your charger off the genrator the power coming back off the battery when you use it will be clean if you use an pure sine wave inverter
Are saying you can store dirty energy in a battery?
@@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP When I use the battery, I won't be running it thru a pure sine wave inverter. I will be plugging it into an Electronic Speed Control that powers an RC Aircraft Brushless motor. Would it matter how I charged the battery? No matter how it was charged, wouldn't the power out from the battery be pure clean power?
What it cost that can not bring light on a plug
Is there a limit to the number you can link together?
In most cases it’s Just two generators
I have seen 3 Honda eu2200's linked together that worked great
Thank you Straight to the point!
Question- if I got a normal generator to power my house in case of emergency could that ruin my components like tv, computer, electric water heater ,dryer because of unclean power?
Or also I use it for my tools would an inverter generator possibly make tools last longer cause of clean power ?
I’m hoping that one day they can make generators run off water. They have buses that run off water they should make generators run off water it would be amazing if they could do that
Explain what you mean by "clean power"
you had me at the tee shirt
Thanks
So my main question, does a portable plug in space heater count as a "sensitive" electronic ? Thats the main things id want to run on my generator
No, not at all. Those are a resistance electronic and they’re very good at handling unclean electricity.
@@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP awesome! I really appreciate that and so will my wife when things get cold this year
Do they both give of carbon monoxide
Yes
I want one so bad, but I have a feeling someone will steal it.
I had one stolen once for me as well, but if you can don’t let one bad possibility cause you did not do things you wanna do in life or buy things you want to buy
can a inverter generator be remagnitized or flashed
I am not 100% but with the design of an inverter genrator and all the extra circuitry, inverter etc. I am sure you would just end up frying some of the electronics
Thanks Tim@@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP
RPM not RPMs. It's already plural. R= Revolutions.
You goofed 😂😂😂it's RPM's
@@talesofafrika well no. Apostrophe is for possessive tense and that's definitely wrong. In addition, no it's not RPMs. Do you say feets? I don't think so. We don't add s to something that is already plural.
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Thanks Ted always appreciate your support
Not all inverter generators are closed frame.
Crazy that it’s cheaper to get a clean waveform via inverter than it is to clean up the waveform of a regular generator,
Typically thats how it is nowadays cheaper for a self contained unit then all the parts seperately
@@TOOLMANTIMSWORKSHOP well even for an all in one non inverter type generator, I’m surprised the inverter one is cheaper, Or maybe the non inverter ones with the clean waveform can’t compete as they have a bad name from the cheaper ones,
Dirty AC to DC then back to clean AC
Absolutely. Sounds like and AC/DC song :)
AC & DC electric is not clean or dirty power it's just different 😅