Originally Posted By: Nayov
Originally Posted By: eljefino
I have one and it's great.
Is that your main genny? Can't see how it would support your household.
Offtopic, what's this about 'starting capacitor' in your fridge? Does that mean that it doesn't require a "surge" to power it up? I have a Frigidaire bought in August, so can it be assumed all new Energy Star compliant (like mine) fridges have caps? Or is it a cheapend way to build them now?
No. I have a bigger 2500/3250 surge watts that will power my well pump (lucky to have a shallow well with jet pump)
This thing is just for powering one fridge then maybe some internet.
I toss out the "starting capacitor" thing b/c advise is often thrown around based on worst case scenarios, motors "need 3x their running amps to start" claims, etc. I have seen first hand this is not the case. My pretty new fridge runs on around 280 watts and seems to take 500-600 to start. My Kill-A-Watt meter only updates every 1/2 second.
One thing about fridges is they electrically heat up to defrost based on a timer and that could be a few hundred watts.
I wonder how many people don't get any generator (eg this one) because they can't afford/ don't have room for a huge one, then their food spoils.