One could put a protection UPS unit between generator and a computer.
Most are small and would be good to protect from spikes or surges.

I have a 1KW one under my desk now - shares were my feet would kick around. :-)

Martin

Grant Erwin wrote:
Earlier this winter we had a huge storm in the Seattle metropolitan area
which knocked out power in many places. My son had a major school paper due
the next morning, and it (about 40 pages) only resided on the hard drive of
my PC. Our first step in coping with the impending disaster which would
have
ensued had he failed to turn in his paper on time was to unplug my PC and
drive it to a job site where we used the power of a generator/welder unit
on the back of a truck to bring up my PC and copy the paper to a floppy.
The
generator, which brand I don't recall but it was a lot like a Miller
Legend,
powered my computer perfectly. Don't forget, your computer doesn't actually
*use* AC, everything is transformed and rectified to +/-12VDC and 5VDC.

(He took the floppy to the city library where we did the final edits and
printed the paper out. Feeling tremendous, he took it to school the next
day only to find that the teacher had granted extra days due to the storm
and he just couldn't face working on it any more. He ended up barely
passing,
which is much more a reflection on his school than his paper - I know, I
read
it very carefully indeed.)

I suspect a printer would work fine. Anything with an AC supply in it like
a radio or TV I would wonder about.

Grant Erwin
Kirkland, Washington

Barry S. wrote:

Has anyone hooked up an oscilloscope to the AC outlets of an engine
driven welder? How clean is the output? Could you run a computer,
radio, television, or laser printer off it?




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