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What is the socially acceptable time to crank a generator? Our power went down last night and I'm thinking the refrigerator could use a little power.
 
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bwana said:
What is the socially acceptable time to crank a generator? Our power went down last night and I'm thinking the refrigerator could use a little power.
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It depends where you live. In most residential suburbs, 06H00 to 22H00. In PE, it's rural already so anytime.

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bwana said:
What is the socially acceptable time to crank a generator? Our power went down last night and I'm thinking the refrigerator could use a little power.
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The fridge if not touched should hold a few hours.
 
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Ok, so I have this bad boy for days that seem too long without power. The baffle box works like a charm and is sporting 1 radiator fan which I had to get an AC-DC power supply in order for it to work but none the less it works. Sounds like a car idling especially at night or early morning you just don't hear it much. The box was R4000-5000 and the insulation 2 squares I think was 2/2m which was around R1500. Yea the one door broke off cause the guy that built the box used crappy hinges.

The generator uses Lique Moly 10W40 with a pretty expensive sparky. The fuel consumption on a full tank is 9-12 hours depending on the load. It runs the entire house.

The inverters I run with is the Ellies modified sine wave 1440W battery kit this is the big one, runs my entire wireless system and routers for about 9 hours, perfect for me cause I used to do night owl shifts where I needed to run the genny at 2-4 shifts and that was k@k.

The 2nd inverter is a simulated sine wave 3KVA which supplies power to my PC only currently it used to do the network but I have too many things on that side. Kstar is the brand and the software is none existent.

I had a 900W gen but the problem I ran into was when the moister in the air was at a certain point in Pretoria it would battle its ass to keep with a 300W load. Sold it to someone for the same price as normal since it still had a year warranty registered.
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Sound material: type and where did you buy?
 
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bwana said:
I waited until 7:50.

I think everyone was waiting for someone to kick it off because soon after that there were plenty of others starting up. :)
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I have the same issue with the petrol lawnmower, 6am is perfect, not yet hot, but I have nice neighbours, so I cut my grass later in the hotter weather.
 
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Anyone have experience with this inverter generator: MAC AFRIC 1.8kW Inverter Generator
www.adendorff.co.za

MAC AFRIC 1.8kW Inverter Generator - Adendorff Machinery Mart

The MAC AFRIC 1.8KW inverter generator offers a host of new features and benefits compared to traditional generators. Inverter generators produce pure sine wave electricity meaning that sensitive devices with microprocessors (such as TVs, recording equipment, and medical equipment) can safely...
www.adendorff.co.za www.adendorff.co.za

R7250.

Would Adendorff's range of Mac Afric generators be better than the Ryobi brand?
 
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joshuatree said:
Anyone have experience with this inverter generator: MAC AFRIC 1.8kW Inverter Generator
www.adendorff.co.za

MAC AFRIC 1.8kW Inverter Generator - Adendorff Machinery Mart

The MAC AFRIC 1.8KW inverter generator offers a host of new features and benefits compared to traditional generators. Inverter generators produce pure sine wave electricity meaning that sensitive devices with microprocessors (such as TVs, recording equipment, and medical equipment) can safely...
www.adendorff.co.za www.adendorff.co.za

R7250.

Would Adendorff's range of Mac Afric generators be better than the Ryobi brand?
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I only have the normal mac afric generator. But if I could afford an inverter generator, I would not hesitate to take a chance their brand.
 
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rh1 said:
I only have the normal mac afric generator. But if I could afford an inverter generator, I would not hesitate to take a chance their brand.
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They also have excellent after sales service.
 
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joshuatree said:
Anyone have experience with this inverter generator: MAC AFRIC 1.8kW Inverter Generator
www.adendorff.co.za

MAC AFRIC 1.8kW Inverter Generator - Adendorff Machinery Mart

The MAC AFRIC 1.8KW inverter generator offers a host of new features and benefits compared to traditional generators. Inverter generators produce pure sine wave electricity meaning that sensitive devices with microprocessors (such as TVs, recording equipment, and medical equipment) can safely...
www.adendorff.co.za www.adendorff.co.za

R7250.

Would Adendorff's range of Mac Afric generators be better than the Ryobi brand?
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I can only speak of Adendorff as I worked with them directly.
They deliver on site, and have great service have had no issues with them or their equipment to date.
 
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