LOL! HF probably does. I've not thought to look because I didn't know there was such thing, but it makes sense. Last semester, I just got them started on variable frequency drives and we go through the whole "how do you get a different frequency, if the power company is supplying a set frequency??" Take the AC, turn it into DC, clean up the lumpy DC and then INVERT it - make it AC again. SINUSOIDAL AC to boot!
Never even thought to apply the concept to a portable generator. Given that even a DC generator produces AC, before it is mechanically rectified, using a commutator, I wonder if these new inverter generators bother with the commutator (wear items) to get the DC, or rectify the produced AC using solid-state? Probably use solid-state. This is cool. I have some research to do.
One thing about these smaller generators is that they'd be more portable. If I were forced to suddenly relocate - evacuate my home for some catastrophe of nature, chemical spill, whatever, I'd surely not try to lug my 5k generator along, but I'd at least think about grabbing a small one and dragging it along.
Never even thought to apply the concept to a portable generator. Given that even a DC generator produces AC, before it is mechanically rectified, using a commutator, I wonder if these new inverter generators bother with the commutator (wear items) to get the DC, or rectify the produced AC using solid-state? Probably use solid-state. This is cool. I have some research to do.
One thing about these smaller generators is that they'd be more portable. If I were forced to suddenly relocate - evacuate my home for some catastrophe of nature, chemical spill, whatever, I'd surely not try to lug my 5k generator along, but I'd at least think about grabbing a small one and dragging it along.