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Originally Posted by mark christopher
the aldi stuff is Wolf, which is good stuff
will use hardly anymore than the first one the engines are only small 2 strokes,
think your sums may be a tad wrong
1000 watts is its rating at 230 volts, which is just over 4 amps, your psu will be rated in 230/ ?amps some where
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I don't think they are wrong but ultimatly we agree I think.
230V @ 4A = 230/12 * 4 = 77A at 12V. Now granted you need a big or several smaller power supplies to convert that down to the 12V but the power is there. This ignores any losses and assumes gene is running flat out both of which aren't 'fair'. But running a bunch of chargers should be no trouble on any gene.
My Pro peak power supply is rated at 20A @ 13.8V. But because we charge at say cirva 8V when I charge @ 4.2A the digital current meter on the power supply tells me it's supplying approx 3.1A @ 13.8V (including losses in powering the charger).
Ref the 1KW gene, I bought a 1000W continuous, 1200W peak last year and it used a lot more fuel than when we had run Vermins cheap 2 stroke the year before. It was also a lot noisier. I totally agree about surge protectors too, especially if you're putting anything like a tele or laptop on it.
Dan