can you plug electronics directly into generator off of a extention cord IE flat screen tv or say a lap top or desk PC ?
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You can, but the power is not clean enough to protect sensitive electronics. If you have a cheapo TV that you want to watch when tailgating, sure, give it a shot, but powering you main house TV directly, I wouldn't. I use a power conditioner,but really, if you want a generator for electronics, go with an inverter generator, the power from those is very clean.
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Yes that's the way I would do it .PS : I have been a Electrician for 35 years
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Generally what people are asking when asking this question is, does the generator have a sufficiently low total harmonic distortion for sensitive electronics. It does NOT have any mitigation technology for that. If you want to be as safe as possible you need to use some kind of conditioner. That said, laptops should be fine as they use conversion to DC anyway, a UPS should be fine for desktop PC's. Set top boxes and TV's should have similar treatment considered as well.
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I haven't tried. My laptop has a 3 prongs on the cable for the outlet but hand crank generator has 2 holes as shown on the picture. If you wan to remove the third prong and try it, go ahead. Personally i don't think it will work because it can only power small appliances.
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Hi Russell,You could,but you would have to run 12 volt wire up by the tv and plug the satellite into a converter box. But why do that? You only need the power to lower and raise and you could do,that with your generator.
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Yes, you should be able to run a couple of laptops and some lighting. Double check by looking at the generator's wattage output and the watts used by your devices.
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Make sure you research this thoroughly for what you are trying to do, this inlet receives the female end of an extension cord. I'm not familiar with power plugs on generators.
538986
Yes. 1 master plug for tv, 7 power saving outlets controlled by master (plug BluRay and Soundbar). There are only 3 always on outlets which should cover keeping modem and router on at all times and laptop use if tv is off, but no more than these three without turning on tv to access power saving plugs.
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I usually run extension cords from the generator to the appliance in question (fridge, sump pump, etc).
815875
You can, make sure your portable generator is sized appropriately for the circuits you plan to protect. You will need to manually transfer the power from the utility to generator and back to the utility when utility power returns.
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Physically, yes you can BUT building codes prevent you from running usual appliance power cords through walls , I guess they are not rated for in-wall use. I've had to have an electrician install a (sunken) outlet behind the TV. IMHO it's worth the expense for peace of mind.
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Yes you can use to power a computer and laptop. We are using to power an electric chain saw. My wife does not want to use my gas chain saw. So she uses the electric saw with the inverter. She runs off our tractor battery when in the back acres.
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There is. But you also need to buy an adapter to convert the ac power from the generator to dc power to be able to charge your battery and other devices.
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Its possible, but definitely not ideal. You can use any panel with a generator depending on the wiring configuration, but this one would be a waste of money if you're not combining it with a Generac generator.
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For this question call tech support at HotMax.I had an interesting conversation with them about using power from a regular generator and the answer was don't use that power because of frequency fluctuations that will mess up the electronics inside the unit.
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Yes! The generator isn't hooked up permanently but this set up is hardwired next to your service panel. This is supposed to allow a safer and more efficient power switch to your backup power supply. I ordered a long cable so I could run from the panel all the way through my house to the outside of our garage.
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Yes you can! Just start it and run your extension cords to what ever you need! what I did was incorporate it into my household electric breaker box. So when the power goes off for any amount of time...I can just plug the generator into the house....don't have to use any extension cords throughout the house. Make sense? No door cracked open for cords etc.
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you would have to use a transformer to plug it into , then yes you could use this.