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<blockquote data-quote="Phil Graham" data-source="post: 7509" data-attributes="member: 430">Everyone,The FOH magazine editors have asked me to write about generators. I agreed, as long as they put the world&#039;s biggest &quot;I am not an electrician&quot; disclaimer in front of the article. As a result, I&#039;m trying to make sure all my ducks are in a row.Because inverter generators are an odd breed, I&#039;m hoping that you can help me clarify the behavior of inverter generators, especially non-Honda models. Honda Power Systems US is about 3 miles from my office, so I&#039;ve talked to them directly, but they weren&#039;t able to answer all of my questions:Things I&#039;d like to know:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Model and various ratings of your inverter generator (Voltage, current, etc.)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ground/Neutral bonding, or lack thereof</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Hot to Neutral voltage (no-load conditions)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Hot to Ground voltage (no-load conditions)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ground to Neutral voltage (no-load conditions)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Hot to muffler voltage (no-load conditions)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Neutral to muffler voltage (no-load conditions)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ground to muffler voltage (no-load conditions)</li>
</ol>If you have a wiggy, or other means of load testing, I&#039;d be interested in seeing how the above change under load. Specifically, if the neutral to ground potentials drift under load, since the Hondas, and I assume most other inverters, have floating differential hot and neutral (+60V and -60V wrt to ground), and no neutral/ground bond.If you grok what I am asking, and can measure your inverter generator for me, please send a PM.Thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Phil Graham, post: 7509, member: 430"] Everyone, The FOH magazine editors have asked me to write about generators. I agreed, as long as they put the world's biggest "I am not an electrician" disclaimer in front of the article. As a result, I'm trying to make sure all my ducks are in a row. Because inverter generators are an odd breed, I'm hoping that you can help me clarify the behavior of inverter generators, [I]especially[/I] non-Honda models. Honda Power Systems US is about 3 miles from my office, so I've talked to them directly, but they weren't able to answer all of my questions: [B]Things I'd like to know:[/B] [LIST=1] [*]Model and various ratings of your inverter generator (Voltage, current, etc.) [*]Ground/Neutral bonding, or lack thereof [*]Hot to Neutral voltage (no-load conditions) [*]Hot to Ground voltage (no-load conditions) [*]Ground to Neutral voltage (no-load conditions) [*]Hot to muffler voltage (no-load conditions) [*]Neutral to muffler voltage (no-load conditions) [*]Ground to muffler voltage (no-load conditions) [/LIST] If you have a wiggy, or other means of load testing, I'd be interested in seeing how the above change under load. Specifically, if the neutral to ground potentials drift under load, since the Hondas, and I assume most other inverters, have floating differential hot and neutral (+60V and -60V wrt to ground), and no neutral/ground bond. If you grok what I am asking, and can measure your inverter generator for me, please send a PM. Thanks! [/QUOTE]

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