I believe there is a good chance that I did overload the generator. I may even spring for the Honda.Īdvice, suggestions and comments on what may have happened and how inverter generators protect against overload? I am considering taking this back to Costco and getting one rated at 3000w. Does anyone know how a small inverter generator handles this sort of overload? I am suspecting that the first time the generator stopped was due to overload. The panel on my transfer switch did read about 250w most of the time.Ģ) Macerator toilet at about 750w for a 30 second flush.īut the following I think were a potential problem:Ģ) Larger Frigidaire in basement - label is 6 ampsĮvery once an a while the generator would rev up and it appeared that the temps were maintaining in freezer compartment and refrigerator compartments for both. I had the following powered most of the time.Ģ) Modem and Verizon Extender on another UPS - about 25w.ģ) Led lights on and off, probably no more than 4 at a time - about 100w.

I don't feel good about this being a piece of emergency equipment. Does anyone know why the overload light would be on with no load? I called tech support and all they could say is if that light was on, it was either overloaded or overheated. I felt very good about what was powered, but have this nagging feeling that I need a bigger generator. It worked until power was restored at 9:15. this time it started with no red indicator. It started on the first pull, but the overload indicator was red and it did not put out any power even with no load. I figured it was out of gas, the tank only holding 0.82 gallons. Power was scheduled to be out from 8AM to 6PM. Took a few pulls to get it started, but all went well.

Finally after being snowed in, there was a planned outage for maintenance and I dusted off my Generac 2000 inverter generator ( ) and plugged it into my manual transfer switch. Well, El Nino may have been a bust, but I did my best to prepare.

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