ransley wrote:
How did you measure surge, with a digital meter that records the
peak?, ive seen new friges that use 100w pull 700w surge, and 300w
surge for AC sounds way to low.

the inverter ac definitely runs as I described and is rated 790w max and 7 amps as it
starts off (yes, compressor is inverter controlled also and fully variable speed, not
a two or three speed) very slowly and almost never draws more than 450w and 5 amps

fridge is fairly new but even granting that it may pull 700w, shouldn't a honda gx390
engine rated at 8000 watts, continuous 6600 watts easily handle this? it certainly has
in the first 20 hours of it's operation and it didn't even speed struggle when things
cycled on and off.

I also know the full load based on power company having connected a data logger when
running under utility power and we tested each circuit separately and multiple
circuits simultaneously. The logger recorded spikes just as they occurred within
thousands of a second fraction so am very confident of the total power draw of
everything that is running when I connect generator.