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<blockquote data-quote="Gene Hardage" data-source="post: 204967" data-attributes="member: 185"><p>Interesting - we had a horrible gig out in a field with little or no shade in the heatwave of July 2015 and of course the generator was a bad Home Depot variety.&nbsp; The motor was racing and idling and back and forth all day.&nbsp; My rack mount strip claimed we were getting around 115ish before I turned anything on and it dropped a bit after it all powered up.&nbsp; When the bands played the voltage would dip more and of course the sound was special.&nbsp; We limped it along by turning everything down quite a bit.&nbsp; My tube guitar amps continued to work all day but some people could not get there newer types to even fire up so they had to use mine.&nbsp; There was a particularly ugly noise that came from the generator every time someone took their hands off the guitar strings with the volume up on the guitar - it coincided with the wavy motor sound.&nbsp; The low point of the voltage went down to 87 for a brief moment while the strongest band played.&nbsp; Most of the 6-8 hours were spent in the 100ish volt area and - NO SMOKE!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Gene Hardage, post: 204967, member: 185"] Interesting - we had a horrible gig out in a field with little or no shade in the heatwave of July 2015 and of course the generator was a bad Home Depot variety. The motor was racing and idling and back and forth all day. My rack mount strip claimed we were getting around 115ish before I turned anything on and it dropped a bit after it all powered up. When the bands played the voltage would dip more and of course the sound was special. We limped it along by turning everything down quite a bit. My tube guitar amps continued to work all day but some people could not get there newer types to even fire up so they had to use mine. There was a particularly ugly noise that came from the generator every time someone took their hands off the guitar strings with the volume up on the guitar - it coincided with the wavy motor sound. The low point of the voltage went down to 87 for a brief moment while the strongest band played. Most of the 6-8 hours were spent in the 100ish volt area and - NO SMOKE! [/QUOTE]

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