Whats the best gas powered machine to power inverters?

[xryan]

I second the motion that pretty any properly tuned generator is going to be fine to use a modern red/blue/yellow/green etc inverter welder off of. If it's within the voltage and frequency requirements it's going to run like it should.

[cruizer]

Lincoln promotes their "twisted rotors" as being better for powering inverters. I take it you aren't buying that, Cruizer?

I call B.S. on that one. Scope results are not smooth, whether its a Miller or Lincoln. Just a hairy beast sine wave. Now the ONLY welder I know, rather knew of, was the Thermal Arc Predator/T-bird. This was a true sine wave welder. And would have made a fantastic generator and lasted forever, however it was marketed as a welder, thus almost all of them blew up their micro wound and impossible to rewind generators

[old jupiter]

Lincoln promotes their "twisted rotors" as being better for powering inverters. I take it you aren't buying that, Cruizer?

[BoilerhouseGuy]

Griff, I'm in the metro Atlanta area and work all over Georgia working on boilers. Thanks for the tip and I'll try to add some info to my profile.

[BoilerhouseGuy]

H80N , I have had good luck with trailblazers in the past. It's on my short lists .
MeltedMetal, The Ranger I'm using doesn't seem to pick up the power demand and adjust rpm correctly with the inverters.Often I get a power fault and the welder I'm running shuts down.

[griff01]

Does anyone have a recommendation for the best gas powered machine that will deliver constant clean power to run inverters on while in the field?

I just noticed your user name. I worked 5 1/2 years in the Power House (boilers, chillers, air compressors, cooling towers) a few years ago.
Just a note to you and others, especially new guys. if you will put your general location in your profile, often times you will get a little more help.
Especially if someone lives in your area.

HTH
Griff

[cruizer]

that's cause "the old Ranger' is not running the correct RPM / HZ

[Meltedmetal]

I have had problems with an old Ranger and looking to replace it. I am running a Lincoln 150 , Miller max star and Lincoln 210 MP.

What problems did you have?---Meltedmetal

[cruizer]

True as I said, they for the most park are not true inverters so any kind of power source will be fine.

[BoilerhouseGuy]

I have had problems with an old Ranger and looking to replace it. I am running a Lincoln 150 , Miller max star and Lincoln 210 MP.

[H80N]

Does anyone have a recommendation for the best gas powered machine that will deliver constant clean power to run inverters on while in the field?

I ran a Dynasty 200DX (Inverter Welder) off of a TrailBlazer 301G for several years.... no probs or issues.....

[cruizer]

Tough call, and would depend on the type of inverter and purpose. 99% of the welder inverters are not true inverters so won't care much, an industrial critical inverter will require a true sign wave type of generator. Not going to find a welder around anymore that has that.

[BoilerhouseGuy]

Does anyone have a recommendation for the best gas powered machine that will deliver constant clean power to run inverters on while in the field?