The original question that led to the suggestion of using a Honda 2000i had to do with powering an 1850 watt hair dryer for Edd's wife.
The Honda produces 2000 watts peak and 1800 continuous, IRC. So the Honda would basically keep up. The Honda uses a rectifier bridge to produce 12v DC, So there are small efficiency losses when charging the batteries. Then the dryer uses 1800 watts AC, so the inverter draws 150 plus amps DC, then the efficiency loss of the inverter. Much more efficient to go direct to the Honda in this case. For more normal loads, LIKE 100 watts to power a laptop, what you suggest would probably work OK. Rick Brass Sent from my iPad > On Mar 27, 2014, at 9:40, Ryan <[email protected]> wrote: > > If the gen set has a 12vdc out could you not put it to charging the batteries > and then use your inverter to run the AC Loads? Your batteries may discharge > very slow at max ac load but would recover when load reduced. Would be > interesting to see if the DC side is output limiting or if it'll just pop the > breaker? I think the "silent" gen set are alternators with inverters right? > May be more efficient to use it as a DC alternator then AC > inverter/generator? > > Ryan Raber > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
