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$75 909 720W Generator
High powered 720w 2-stroke motor that makes it ideal for powering lights, heaters, power tools and pumps.
Great for camping,home use and surviving zombie apocalypses ;-)
Model: A750
$75 909 720w Generator @ Masters Home Improvement
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From the manufacturers website:
What can I use this generator for?
This generator is a small AC generator primarily designed for lighting, pumps, small hand tools, stationary tools and heaters. This generator should never be used for electronic equipment like televisions, computers or similar type appliances. This also includes caravans which are fitted with inverter electronics.
How many heaters are under 1000w? Might run some at low power settings.
For us in Queensland it looks like a cheep back up for blackouts in Cyclone season, And if can be used with radio when batteries fail …… meets need. Perhaps getting out the old presmart LED,PLASMA tv may also work?
There's still lots of ICs in non "smart" TVs and I'm not sure the power is clean enough to safely run one.
No the physical speed these run at directly affects the cycles per second of electricity generated - 50Hz (240volts) in Aus. As you might imagine bad Juju occurs when the generator stops, slows or runs out of petrol. Might get away with a "disposable" CRT TV with a wound transformer in a pinch.
No, it's not for electronics because it likely doesn't have a voltage regulator. Doesn't matter if your TV is smart or not, that can do some damage to any electronic appliance.
This is also not really suitable as a back up for black outs, it may handle some emergency lighting but wont keep your fridge running. This is more the kind of thing you'd get for a boat or caravan as it is very small and just powerful enough to run a small bilge pump or charge some batteries.
8910=720
Amazing eh.can I use it to charge car battery if I cannot start my car?
or maybe just go to one of these
That's smart…
"The remote controls supplied also acts as an immobiliser by cutting battery supply to the vehicle."
it can disable your car alarm and reset you car clock at the same time…
Could it start the AUD back to $105 USD
Could it start the AUD back to $105 USD
It better not.
Great for camping? 91dB rating and 720w peak power. Show some consideration and take a torch.
we've used one for camping… you need to be on your own and you need to have quite a long extension lead :)
A famous character once said….
" How's the serenity?"
&
"Smell that? ………2-stroke"
Home hardware had a similar special a week or 2 ago for their brand at $69, but I think the warranty on this is much longer.
Power to the people
Really to have a useful one you need it to be sinewave. You can't hook a modern fridge with its electronics to a modied sine wave one like this. Though if you have and old deep freeze it might be OK. Generation for camp lighting is really not required as LEDs serve that purpose now.
Actually it would be a PERFECT sine-wave as by definition rotary generators like this produce a sine wave unlike cheap static inverters which produce a modified (stepped) sine wave.
However the voltage and frequency regulation… You're on your own !!
Having said that, most lappys etc use a switch-mode power supply which copes with a vast range of voltages and frequencies, from 100 - 240 volts and (rated) at 50 - 60 Hz.
It's worth noting that that where I work we use standard laptop power supplies plugged into a 110 VOLT (One Hundred And Ten Volts) 400 Hz (FOUR HUNDRED HERTZ) power supply as a "normal" thing !!
A.
One of the ownership issues of having a generator is to use it regularly, and then service it regularly.
This means you really should start them at least once a month to test them.
Next, unleaded fuel becomes stale over time. When stored for an extended period of time and this can sometimes be as little as a month will go stale, it looses the gasses which make it explode.
How can we stop our fuel going off? There is a solution, the easiest option is not to store fuel for extended periods. Fuel Stabilizers, which is an additive to mix in with your fuel, once added to the fuel it can extend the shelf life of the fuel up to 24 months. Bearing in mind that this will vary between suppliers and who and where you buy it from.
While warranty is good, in the middle of a flood/cyclone it doesnt help.
Alternately, there are new inverters (the ones used with solar panels) which when connected to backup or storage batteries, will charge. Over the coming months resellers will pop up selling the new technology. The theory is that depending on the state where you live in AND electricity regulations, any excess electricity can be directed to charge your batteries. When there is a blackout/cyclone, in theory, you can run your house off batteries, batteries will charge during the day - and you are all set. The cost of backup batteries are quickly decreasing, together with the availability of new technology which makes the batteries much smaller.
I think most people use these grubby, smelly little generators for occasional camping use only for all the reasons you mention above. I use mine when camping to run my car charger as I run most things off the 12v (including 240 inverter for my laptop - can't always leave the office behind). I agree you can get some nice say 100-120W solar panels with a charging regulator for $100-200 which would generate a nice amount while camping to keep my humble needs going without flattening the battery. Mind you last week when I was in the high country and my battery went flat recharging other devices (bloody laptop and inefficient inverter) it was great to know that the dirty 2 stroke generator and my kmart 8amp car charger had my car turning over in no time. Still a good car battery (mine is getting tired even though not that old) and a solar panel should be more than enough for a week or so camping.
Buy a deep cycle battery to use instead of the car battery. And no I dont mean replace the cars battery…
Yeah if I get back into camping more as the kids get older I will go a deep cycle & solar combo for sure.
Solar charge batteries are the way to go, or at least I agree when unit price reduces. At moment my feedback rate is .50 so I would be better to charge batteries on night off set.
Really can't wait for reliability (life) and cost of the storage batteries.
Then it may be worthwhile digging up the back yard and supplement cooling/heating etc from thermal …. as our area has underground river, spring and aquifers.
Near by Local yuppy school cannot use new underground guar age as they have to pump it out biweekly at least
Good price. Just for "dumb" electronics though. No worries with heaters lights etc just don't be using it with any thing computerised.