Everyone that has a Honda eu2000i knows of the one second delay for the motor to rev up to speed when powering a large load item like a microwave oven on econo mode. I was wondering if this power surge is dangerous for your trailers appliances or what ever else might be plugged in such as a laptop, t.v., refridge on A/C power, etc.
I’ve thought about a surge protector but don’t know how to spec one out for the average R/V user or if in fact if it’s even needed with a Honda eu2000? Thanks for any advise.

-eddie

 

To me it sounds like you would have more of a power sag (voltage falling) than a spike in that condition. I believe the EUs are the inverters (you have a generator pushing out AC current, it is then converted to DC then back to AC to get nice sine-wave power. People often refer to that as "clean" power, but there is no techinical term as "clean power."

If you want to see what the voltage is doing, put a tester into an outlet and turn on the micro. The voltage should sag down low until the generator comes back up. Some appliances may give you a list in the specs of the min and max volts to the unit. Most stuff is 110V nominal (can probably take a voltage sag down to 105). Most line voltage is actually 120V. My office runs steady at about 118 or 119 volts (according to the UPS logs).

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eman if its a inverter setup, which i know it is, it prolly has a form of surge protection via capactors inside the inverter, i know my inverters can handle a good second surge, so you prolly aren't dropping voltage, u would need a meter to check

 

good idea about trying a meter,
i post my findings after i try it, thanks.