On 10/7/2011 11:17 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
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Do you know how much difference that makes in actual use? For
instance- to use the op's numbers;
if you had a 7000W inverter type running 3500W -- vs a 3500W
non-inverter type- how much fuel would each burn?
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Well, here's a (useless since it has no scales; you can tell it's a
marketing tool) graph from Honda showing they're just the cat's meow in
that regard.

Try a ping to Honda referring to the graph and ask for the supporting
data and see how far you get...

Undoubtedly since there's less load (torque applied) it requires less
input power. How much that translates into fuel saving versus load is
anybody's guess.

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