Generators and what you can run on them?

I was thinking about buying a Honda eu2000i generator to power a pc and printers and photo lights with. I was first going to use the Honda for the flash strobe light becuase it is a true sine wave generator. However, I'm now thinking about using regular ac quartz or tungsten photoflood lights. I was wondering in a regular square wave or modified sine wave generator could power a computer (laptop or pc) and the printers and the quartz or tungsten type lights? Any reply is appreciated. Thanks

Honda Honda Honda Eu series there is nothing else. If you find something that doesn't run on it let us know!!! (as long as it doesn't overload it) I have a Brutus inverter (cad 2600$) true sine wave 20 amp output that won't run the servo timer in my fridge and micro wave plater but my EU1000 and fridge are a perfect match.....go figure EH!
noel wrote:

I was thinking about buying a Honda eu2000i generator to power a pc and printers and photo lights with. I was first going to use the Honda for the flash strobe light becuase it is a true sine wave generator. However, I'm now thinking about using regular ac quartz or tungsten photoflood lights. I was wondering in a regular square wave or modified sine wave generator could power a computer (laptop or pc) and the printers and the quartz or tungsten type lights? Any reply is appreciated. Thanks

"noel" wrote in message

I was thinking about buying a Honda eu2000i generator to power a pc and printers and photo lights with. I was first going to use the Honda for the flash strobe light becuase it is a true sine wave generator. However, I'm now thinking about using regular ac quartz or tungsten photoflood lights. I was wondering in a regular square wave or modified sine wave generator could power a computer (laptop or pc) and the printers and the quartz or tungsten type lights? Any reply is appreciated. Thanks
All AC generators put out an approximate sine wave, not as perfect as the

Honda, but qualifying as such.
I wrote the below without realizing yoiu were thinking of a generator, not an inverter, because your question is most commonly asked of inverters:
"Regular square wave" inverters do not exist. They haven't been made for years. All cheap inverters are MFM, which is compatible with the devices you list above EXCEPT for laser printers, which for some reason, require a real sine wave. You didn't say whether your printer is a laser. I have a question about copiers, which have similar guts.
The information I've just provided is a few years old. Some companies, notably HP, have new laser printer designs that appear to have little in common with the old ones, so they may be MFM compatible.
With the exception of the printer, these are easy loads to drive. The laptop is a tiny draw. The wattage of the lights is, of course, dependent on how many you have. But unlike motors, a generator can be loaded up almost to the rated output with incandescent lights, because they are noninductive, and have only a slight turn-on surge, caused by the positive temperature coefficient of bulbs . As long as you don't turn them all on together, the surge will not be noticeable.

Per noel:

I was wondering in a regular square wave or modified sine wave generator could power a computer (laptop or pc) and the printers and the quartz or tungsten type lights? Any reply is appreciated. Thanks

I've got the EU2000. It runs my PC ok when the PC is directly connected to the gennie.
However my usual practice is to run the PC from a UPS and connect the UPS to the gennie. This gets me around the voltage drops when a refrigerator or freezer starts up. -- PeteCresswell

The Eu2000 is an inverter.
"Soundhaspriority" wrote in message

"noel" wrote in message I was thinking about buying a Honda eu2000i generator to power a pc and printers and photo lights with. I was first going to use the Honda for the flash strobe light becuase it is a true sine wave generator. However, I'm now thinking about using regular ac quartz or tungsten photoflood lights. I was wondering in a regular square wave or modified sine wave generator could power a computer (laptop or pc) and the printers and the quartz or tungsten type lights? Any reply is appreciated. Thanks
All AC generators put out an approximate sine wave, not as perfect as the Honda, but qualifying as such.
I wrote the below without realizing yoiu were thinking of a generator, not an inverter, because your question is most commonly asked of inverters:
"Regular square wave" inverters do not exist. They haven't been made for years. All cheap inverters are MFM, which is compatible with the devices you list above EXCEPT for laser printers, which for some reason, require a real sine wave. You didn't say whether your printer is a laser. I have a question about copiers, which have similar guts.
The information I've just provided is a few years old. Some companies, notably HP, have new laser printer designs that appear to have little in common with the old ones, so they may be MFM compatible.
With the exception of the printer, these are easy loads to drive. The laptop is a tiny draw. The wattage of the lights is, of course, dependent on how many you have. But unlike motors, a generator can be loaded up almost to the rated output with incandescent lights, because they are noninductive, and have only a slight turn-on surge, caused by the positive temperature coefficient of bulbs . As long as you don't turn them all on together, the surge will not be noticeable.

It can still be called a generator because the inverter is powered by a generator........it's a generator-inverter in that order! They are sweet machines!!! Has anyone here ever tried to start one at minus 25-30 celcius?
Solar Flare wrote:

The Eu2000 is an inverter.
"Soundhaspriority" wrote in message
"noel" wrote in message I was thinking about buying a Honda eu2000i generator to power a pc and printers and photo lights with. I was first going to use the Honda for the flash strobe light becuase it is a true sine wave generator. However, I'm now thinking about using regular ac quartz or tungsten photoflood lights. I was wondering in a regular square wave or modified sine wave generator could power a computer (laptop or pc) and the printers and the quartz or tungsten type lights? Any reply is appreciated. Thanks
All AC generators put out an approximate sine wave, not as perfect as the Honda, but qualifying as such.
I wrote the below without realizing yoiu were thinking of a generator, not an inverter, because your question is most commonly asked of inverters:
"Regular square wave" inverters do not exist. They haven't been made for years. All cheap inverters are MFM, which is compatible with the devices you list above EXCEPT for laser printers, which for some reason, require a real sine wave. You didn't say whether your printer is a laser. I have a question about copiers, which have similar guts.
The information I've just provided is a few years old. Some companies, notably HP, have new laser printer designs that appear to have little in common with the old ones, so they may be MFM compatible.
With the exception of the printer, these are easy loads to drive. The laptop is a tiny draw. The wattage of the lights is, of course, dependent on how many you have. But unlike motors, a generator can be loaded up almost to the rated output with incandescent lights, because they are noninductive, and have only a slight turn-on surge, caused by the positive temperature coefficient of bulbs . As long as you don't turn them all on together, the surge will not be noticeable.

"no one that you know" wrote in message

It can still be called a generator because the inverter is powered by a generator........it's a generator-inverter in that order! They are sweet machines!!! Has anyone here ever tried to start one at minus 25-30 celcius?

If my old Sears Snowblower with a Tecumseh engine can start in below -20 degree celcius, you can be sure a Honda will start.

Solar Flare wrote:
The Eu2000 is an inverter.
"Soundhaspriority" wrote in message
"noel" wrote in message I was thinking about buying a Honda eu2000i generator to power a pc and printers and photo lights with. I was first going to use the Honda for the flash strobe light becuase it is a true sine wave generator. However, I'm now thinking about using regular ac quartz or tungsten photoflood lights. I was wondering in a regular square wave or modified sine wave generator could power a computer (laptop or pc) and the printers and the quartz or tungsten type lights? Any reply is appreciated. Thanks
All AC generators put out an approximate sine wave, not as perfect as the Honda, but qualifying as such.
I wrote the below without realizing yoiu were thinking of a generator, not an inverter, because your question is most commonly asked of inverters:
"Regular square wave" inverters do not exist. They haven't been made for years. All cheap inverters are MFM, which is compatible with the devices you list above EXCEPT for laser printers, which for some reason, require a real sine wave. You didn't say whether your printer is a laser. I have a question about copiers, which have similar guts.
The information I've just provided is a few years old. Some companies, notably HP, have new laser printer designs that appear to have little in common with the old ones, so they may be MFM compatible.
With the exception of the printer, these are easy loads to drive. The laptop is a tiny draw. The wattage of the lights is, of course, dependent on how many you have. But unlike motors, a generator can be loaded up almost to the rated output with incandescent lights, because they are noninductive, and have only a slight turn-on surge, caused by the positive temperature coefficient of bulbs . As long as you don't turn them all on together, the surge will not be noticeable.