Electricity Generator(s): advice & help selecting

Ha! Stuff Eskom! My power just went out and I'm typing this off generator power. I'm not going to lose another three hours of work through their incompetence.
 
saffakanera said:
Dude be very careful when handling generators, the fumes generated by generators can KILL people, I heard on Talk FM that people should be careful using them.

btw great price damn, i should look into that too.

cheers.
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Its an engine - just like the one in your car. Always run both in a well ventilated area :D
 
Most UPS's that the public buy are actually SPS's and don't offer nearly as much protection against line noise and surges
 
StrongTurd said:
It is called a Red Rhino GC950DC although I think it is basically a no-name brand Chinese unit because the name does not appear on the manual at all. Wikkie's Pompe (Google it) still has a lot of them left but the sales guy told me that they are moving very fast.
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Sounds like exactly the same one that I have - they're rebranded like crazy. I was in builders yesterday and there were 4 of them, all with different branding and prices!
 
I find my gennie struggles through the UPS if the UPS is drained.
If I switch over to gennie quick enough it is fine.

Kinda makes sense, as the gennie is then charging the UPS and powering the PC.
Worth keeping in mind.
 
Moederloos said:
I find my gennie struggles through the UPS if the UPS is drained.
If I switch over to gennie quick enough it is fine.

Kinda makes sense, as the gennie is then charging the UPS and powering the PC.
Worth keeping in mind.
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I'll keep that in mind thanks :)
 
defsoul said:
We are planning on buying a generator that would run +- 60 PC's, I would like to what capacity of a generator that would handle that much PC's,We are not going to run anything else like lights or air cons but the pc's and maybe 4 dsl routers.How can I calculate how much power 1 pc will need?
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A mate of mine just got a price for a small office block, probably in the region of 60 odd PC's. They were given a price of R500000. All of the offices are going to pay it off over a couple of years. For his office it worked out at around R1000 per month over and above his rent.

Thanks Eskom.
 
Abe said:
A mate of mine just got a price for a small office block, probably in the region of 60 odd PC's. They were given a price of R500000. All of the offices are going to pay it off over a couple of years. For his office it worked out at around R1000 per month over and above his rent.

Thanks Eskom.
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We are doing one for R20K for around 30-40 PCs

EDIT: my little "carry it in one hand" gennie is currently running 3.
 
For home use, you could probably fire up a few TVs, PCs and lights easily, even on a smallish generator. It's mainly the high resistance appliances that you should be cautious about - stoves, heaters, geysers etc.
 
4500A? :eek: Maybe you mean 4500VA?

But yeah that should easily handle a PC and a TV.
 
We put in a generator for a whole building, think it is 150kVA, cost R350 000 I think.
Can run for about 22 hours on diesel. 500 l tank.
We run more than 100pcs + the aircons of it.
 
have got a 5kW Petrol generator..

but a problem! ...

cant get a ups (600VA-APC/1000VA-mecer) to start up on it.

phoned up a power guru...he recons the generator isnt giving 50Hz power - and that i must "turn 2 screws behind the carburator"...im gonna use my multimeter to verify before and after - just wanted to know from the local crowd over here - what 2cents you guys can provide

thx
 
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