3.5 KVA POWERMASTER INVERTER GENERATOR

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Has anyone bought one of these ? and run it for a while ?

Looking at it for an option at the house vs a EU30is ?
 
I got one of these the other day and it has about 8 hours run time on the clock so far.

The noise level is tolerable and the fuel consumption is reasonable.
AVR output is a big plus, it keeps my home electronics all safe and happy.


The Honda units are just too expensive, thanks to our crappy exchange rate.
 
BuckRogers said:
Why not a conventional generator ? More noise yes, but at least you're not limited to just lights and TV
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- Crazy strict area with regards to noise
- want to keep load to min otherwise wife will start hair drying on generator, and ruining the dishwasher and tumble dryer
 
I bought two Kipor IG2600 digital generators but I paid R11,500.00 for each of them :cry:

these look basically the same thing as well as I see it can come with an electrical start which would have been ideal because my wife battles to start the cable pull ones.
 
A 3.5kwh genny is quite forgiving when the big power guzzlers (stove, geyser and tumble dryer) are out of the equation.
It is possible to use a microwave or a kettle or a hair dryer, but not all at the same time of course.

Do yourself a favor and connect an energy meter to your DB board, I was quite surprised how little energy my house use when the abovementioned is not running.

I use an efergy e2 classic for this purpose.
 
I have a little one for the entertainment stuff. the struggle is real.
 
Right you are... I am strongly considering the option of dipping into my bond to finance a solar installation.

Can't wait to give the incompetent morons at Eskom the long finger salute.
 
3.5KW is quite a lot for the average house. 2KW and less is a struggle.
Our (large) house of 10 people uses 1.5KW / hour averaged out over the day - which includes pumps and geysers etc.

The trick is to get something big enough to handle the start up loads on fridges etc (can easily be 1 KW start up).
 
Marakker said:
Right you are... I am strongly considering the option of dipping into my bond to finance a solar installation.

Can't wait to give the incompetent morons at Eskom the long finger salute.
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overheard a dude yesterday that said when his kids are gone that he will have then have enough to finance a 350k off grid setup. insane.
 
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In my uneducated opinion, Solar is more about saving money, where Generator is about having power when you need it( at an inflated cost)

I would think even if you have solar you probably need a generator for where there is no sun and not eishkom?
 
akescpt said:
overheard a dude yesterday that said when his kids are gone that he will have then have enough to finance a 350k off grid setup. insane.
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Sounds a bit on the expensive side but then again, it depends on his peak kW and battery sizing requirements.
I will chip in on the myBB solar threads once I have a quote for my home, probably somewhere in August.
 
greggpb said:
In my uneducated opinion, Solar is more about saving money, where Generator is about having power when you need it( at an inflated cost)

I would think even if you have solar you probably need a generator for where there is no sun and not eishkom?
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Yep, one can charge the battery banks via a genny if you install a decent inverter.
Buying a 3.5kva genny was the first step in that direction.
 
Indeed, but it is way cheaper than the cost of replacing home electronics and appliances when the modified sine wave output of a cheap genny starts frying things.....
 
I have a 2,5 KVA Powermaster inverter generator for a few months now and happy. Good enough for normal appliances like fridge and freezer together, microwave and even 2000 watt kettle and iron seperately.
 
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Marakker said:
Indeed, but it is way cheaper than the cost of replacing home electronics and appliances when the modified sine wave output of a cheap genny starts frying things.....
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generator? modified sine?
 
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