westom said:Any add-on device (a power strip protector) costs many times more money than a solution at the source - inside the generator. If a generator is creating surges that destructive, then it can also damage the protector circuit. And the stove remains connected to that surge.Joker3092 said:I have been doing some reading and have read that a generator may give off surges and could fry the control board??? Is this even possible??? Wouldn't a good surge protector protect the stove from the power surges???
This 'surge' problem is discussed in generalities as if all surges are same. If a cheap 120 volt generator suddenly loses its load, this its voltage can peak at well over 180 volts. But since that voltage is well below 330 volts, then that surge is ignored even by all surge protectors. View that 330 volt number on every surge protector box.
Solution to those surges is inside the generator. Add-in solutions are not effective. Therefore many spend a little more for the Honda rather than massively for protectors – that do not claim to protect from many types of surges created by a generator. Solution is easiest and least expensive when solved inside the generator with smarter designs.
Good point. However, the Japanese aren't the only ones capable of making good voltage regulators and clamping circuitry.
Don't buy the cheap chinese generators then. There are some quality made ones that are designed and made right in the USA like briggs and straton, Onan,etc.
It is not a requirement to buy a Honda to get a good generator. You can get a quality generator for much less that will fill your needs.
Of course, you won't be able to carry it around, and it won't be as quite, but you also don't need to spend 900.00 some dollars on something that will sit in your garage or shed, and probably never get used, and get all gummed up with old gasoline.
You can get a good generator for 500.00 that is made in the USA, and has more power, or you could buy a cheap Champion that is made in chine by a US company that has it's own facility in China, and its own quality control for 329.00. When I bought mine, I did a lot of research and settled on the Champion because it was cheap, and I knew I might never use it.
Of course, if I had it to do again, I would just buy an all American made one but that has become more important to me lately as I think when we buy Chinese, or Japanese, we loose the abilty and knowledge to make these items in the US, and I believe for our own security and place in the world market, we need to make things for ourselves and export them.
Mark