Hi folks, Rupert the Bear's unwanted deliveries thread has reminded me that I keep putting off buying a petrol generator, and I *really* need to get that sorted before winter. Oh well, too late!
What we would need to power during a prolonged power cut is:
- The central heating recirculation pump for the Rayburn (it's already on a standard plug, specifically for this reason)
- A light or two
- 4G router and laptop
- 3xChest freezers (which we could run one at a time easily enough)
We already have a couple of cheap and nasty generators, but one is now broken, and although the other one works in summer, it won't ever start in cold or damp conditions, so I want to upgrade to something hopefully more reliable, like this
Honda EM2300.
My question is, is a generator like that ok for the laptop, or do I need to fork out for a
sine wave inverter generator at more than twice the price
?
On one hand, the basic generator seems like it should be ok since the laptop has its own transformer to convert to DC voltage anyway, and I guess I could get a surge protected extension cable too. On the other hand, the accepted wisdom seems to be that sine wave generators are required for anything electronic. Can anyone knowledgeable advise?