Hi Guys, The Walden is almost finnished. we are going to try a maiden voyage this weekend. I will try to post some pics this week of the finnished product. This design is really super so far.
Now about the generator,
I want to buy a small generator not nessasarily for camping but will probably use it some for camping. I want something that I can also run the photo business computers and printers here at the house along with the well pump. but not at the same time. The well pump draws 8.8 amps at 110 volt. This is 1056 watts. I would imagine that it needs double this to start.
The computer equipment I need to run would not exceed what the well pump needs to run.
I would like to get a small minimum 2000 watt model, so it is compact and easy on gas. That way I can take it camping.
The other thing is the condition of the power. I doubt if the well pump is that particular, but the computers will be a lot different. I notice that the more expensive models are of an inverter design?
Maybe I could buy a cheaper generator and get a seperate voltage conditioner?
Anybody wanna comment?
Randy