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<blockquote data-quote="cowadle" data-source="post: 2804040" data-attributes="member: 7203"><p>you need to look at how your genset is rated, my 5k surplus MEP 002A is rated at 5000 watts continues. that means it will run a 5K load indefinitely without overloading. it will start and run a 10K load for short periods of time like an hour or so before it starts to get hot. i can run my whole house air conditioner and all continues without any problem. normal hertz for our electricity is 60 and europe is 50HZ. all you have to do is set the rpm slower to lower the cycles or raise the rpm to raise the cycles, it is easy if you understand. some military gensets are 400 hz and you should stay away from them unless you need engine parts . most consumer gensets run at 3600 rpm and are rated at their max load,so lets say you have a genset rated a t 10K that means it will only run about half of that continues for short periods of time. if you want a genset for thunderstorms and such get at least a 10k and plan on turning off some of your electricity and you should be happy because the genset will be small and light. if you want to run extended periods then get something that runs 1800 rpm and is rated for continues duty. hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowadle, post: 2804040, member: 7203"] you need to look at how your genset is rated, my 5k surplus MEP 002A is rated at 5000 watts continues. that means it will run a 5K load indefinitely without overloading. it will start and run a 10K load for short periods of time like an hour or so before it starts to get hot. i can run my whole house air conditioner and all continues without any problem. normal hertz for our electricity is 60 and europe is 50HZ. all you have to do is set the rpm slower to lower the cycles or raise the rpm to raise the cycles, it is easy if you understand. some military gensets are 400 hz and you should stay away from them unless you need engine parts . most consumer gensets run at 3600 rpm and are rated at their max load,so lets say you have a genset rated a t 10K that means it will only run about half of that continues for short periods of time. if you want a genset for thunderstorms and such get at least a 10k and plan on turning off some of your electricity and you should be happy because the genset will be small and light. if you want to run extended periods then get something that runs 1800 rpm and is rated for continues duty. hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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