On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 17:31:30 -0800, Walt Bilofsky wrote:

Has anyone had experience trying to drive a Xantrex inverter/charger
with a small gas generator?


I tried it with little success. I tried to run a Statpower 40 (40Amp)
charger with a Honda 1000. 40A at, say 15V is 600W, and Xantrex say
they're about 90% efficient, so no problem, right? WRONG! Talked to the
designers (right here in Burnaby, BC, it turned out), and the problem is
the Power Factor: about .6!! so it's drawing around 11A at 120V: too much
for my poor genset!

Looking at an EU2000 to drive it, but too many other things to spend money
on right now...

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36