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Running a cutter from a generator?
Hi All,
Anyone know if I can run a cutter and laptop from a regular petrol genni, or do I need some special type?Anyone ever done this as a mobile setup?
Cheers
Joe -
8 Replies
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have a peep here Joe
https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … ors#202873 -
Would using a small UPS smooth the power? My UPS cost less than £30 and saves power outs and I believe smooths the power too but I’m open to correction.
Alan D -
I was going to suggest the same Alan.
I’ve used a ups and a geni to good effect a few times.
The power failed here while printing so I fired up the geni and plugged the ups’s into it, all my computers and the Cadet run through ups’s (big one for the printer) and it’s saved a few prints from power brown outs.Also try inverters running off a 12 volt battery being charged by the vehicle.
Steve
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well this is on my mind, but i need to know what our power wattage is on the cutter to see what kinda of load it will have on the generator/UPS
oh i found in the past, the UPS’s can also be a pain!… some will shut off after 5 minutes regardless if the battery is tired or not.
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Cutters don’t take much power, a few hundred watts only, big printers take lots more, up to 2000 wattsfor general sign application ones.
If only a cutter then as said a geni + ups or leisure batteries and an invertor…. go for more expensive invertors that convert DC to sine wave as opposed to dc to square wave (which is fine for running drills and stuff but not so good for electronics….
Ian :lol1:
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I use a 1400va UPS to run the printer and Summa D60 cutter at the same time, it has overcurrent protection and has never given any sign of struggling, even running the printer with heaters on for a few minutes while I sorted the geni.
Most quality ups’s are modified square wave to make them suitable for computers etc and as pointed out if you go with an inverter you really need one with the modified square wave.
It’s rated at 10A/980w max.
Steve
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not a gennie, but i have successfully run my summa and a laptop (and lighitng in evening) from a 3kw power invertor. a simple re-charge of the vehicle battery for 15 mins every couple of hours was enough to keep us at it all weekend.
Hugh
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Hugh – have you got a link for where you got your invertor from please dude
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