[UK-CONTEST] Portable Generators

[Dale Harvey]

I have found exactly what you are all reporting with "conventional"
generators regarding the lag associated with high peak powers. The inverter
generators certainly sound like the real deal.

This set me thinking... you can buy second hand UPS's on Ebay for a
reasonable price. These are usually used to provide no-break back up for
computer servers and the like. A typical large unit may be rated at 10kVA
(or 8kW) and will hold up this load in the absence of mains for a period of
time which depends on the batteries fitted (and their state in the case of
second hand units)

If a UPS were to be fed from a conventional generator (an ex-burger van
2.5kW genny costing £70.00 in my case), is it true that I could draw a peak
load of up to 8kW, providing the average did not exceed 2.5kW?

This would also have the advantage that the genny could be stopped for
re-fuelling without having to close down the station. 

Dale G3XBY