On 6/11/13 7:47 AM, Eisboch wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
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Don't want one of these, although it appears to be a damn good deal.
I've been lucky so far, never
had a problem with electricity. I think I'll save the space and weight
for a generator.

And, BTW, if you've got a Honda generator you're wanting to get rid of,
let me know. With all the
rain we've been having, I'm thinking more and more of buying one just
for the sump pump.

John H.

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I have a Honda EU2000i but you'd have to pry it out of my cold, dead
hands. :-)

You're lucky not to have run into drooping voltage at campgrounds in
your travels. It's a fairly common issue, especially in the summer when
everyone is running their AC units. I bought it because when we were
in Florida the commercial power often drooped during the day. I had
poured a concrete pad for the RV that was about 150 feet from the
house. I ran 6 AWG wire from the house panel out to the pad
(underground) to compensate for voltage drop but didn't realize how bad
the commercial power drooped over the course of the day. Before getting
the Autoformer I would sometimes measure as little as 105 vac at the RV
and you could hear the RV's AC unit straining to turn on. During those
droops, the Autoformer would boost the voltage back up to 115 vac or
more which solved the problem. Heck of a lot cheaper than a new AC
compressor.



On some hot days or stormy days down here in Redneck, Maryland, our
local power company has its share of voltage drops and surges, so I can
hear my UPS click on and off. About two weeks ago, the utility "lost"
power for about 10 minutes and I was just delighted to hear the backup
generator start up and take over for a little bit, and then when the
utility came back on line, it shut itself down. Most of the outages
occur when a thunderbumper rolls through and tree limbs fall on the
above-ground power lines a few miles from here.