Magna 2200 Watt Portable Inverter Generator (2000 Watt rated load) - Quite, Lightweight, Portable

You are looking at the all new variable engine speed Magna 2200 Watt digital inverter generator. It is very similar to Honda EU2000i but with more power at 2000 Watt rated load. It is light weight, quiet, and portable. It is brand new in box and in stock ready to ship. It is also the most powerful portable inverter generator and with pure sinewave output. This generator is save for sensitive electronics like personal computer and communications devices.Magna generators are state-of-the-art power generators. They are small, efficient and quiet operation, these generators will run longer and cost you less while providing the best power output in the industry. It had been selling in Europe and Asia for a while in the 220V market. It is a very good quality generator in compare with Honda and Yamaha. With the extra wattage to power the RV AC, it is the best portable generator on the market for 5th wheels and travel trailers.Tested on smaller 18' to 24' RV's - We ran some tests on 5th wheels and travel trailers. This Magna 2200 Watt can handle most mircowave oven, coffee machine, etc. Rated frequency (Hz) 60, Rated voltage (V) 120 only, Rated current (A) 16.7 Amps, Rated speed 900 RPM to 5000 RPM, Rated output power 2,000 Watts, Max output power 2,200 Watts DC output, 12V-8.3 A (charging cable included), Electric circuit breaker, Electronics circuit breaker built-in, Fuel tank capacity 1.75 gallonsWeight - 58 lbsVariable engine speed with Econo Throttle (can switch off),Engine Displacement (cc) - high quality 125 cc EPA certified engine1 year warranty
Customer Review: Better than I expected
I was pleasantly surprised when the generator arrived. It arrived ahead of schedule and started on the second pull once I put gas and oil in it. I tested it by running two circular saws at once to see how it would handle the load - no problem. It is so quite that I could talk to my neighbor with out shouting while idling the only reason we raised our voices was because of the saws. Great product i reccommend it to any one who needs a generator for camping, RV or emergencies.
Customer Review: Works Great
I have been looking for a portable generator for home and my class A motorhome. The RV has a self-contained generator, but being in remote Alaska, I wanted a backup incase my RV batteries failed. I alson wanted a portable generator to take to remote sites when we would need good reliable AC power. With the inverter type AC output, I know that I'm getting clean power for my computer chip type equipment. After adding oil to the crankcase, and fuel to the gas tank, it started with one crank. Power production was as advertised. With the "smart switch" on the generator would idle when no output was needed and as load was added, it would power up quickly. Without the "smart switch" on the generator would operate at full power which would allow it to take on heavier startup loads. ie.. motors. WORKS GREAT!!! Happy Alaskan

I think I'm turning into a grumpy old man, but where are the com ports on my new laptop? The domestic market's embrace of USB does not however mean that the COM port is dead.

Serial communication was originally developed for the teletype (nickname for a teletypewriter and trademark of the Teletype Corporation USA), an electro-mechanical marvel that emerged in the 1920's for transmitting messages from one point to another. Some even used punched paper tape so you could relay information output from one teletype and feed the strip into another.

Teletypes were adapted as the means of getting information into and out of early computers and in 1969 the RS-232-C standard emerged. The first VDU terminals were developed to be compatible with the old mechanical teletypes and the RS-232 protocol along with start/stop and parity bits was reborn into our computer age as the COM port.

The ability for RS-232 to be implemented mechanically made it easy to synthesize electronically. The protocol's simplicity meant that unsophisticated devices could be controlled without internal firmware and led to its widespread adoption in industrial automation.

Speed and elegance eventually inspired the USB protocol and the concept of universal 'plug-and-play'. USB devices identify themselves upon connection to a host OS which then configures itself to communicate with that device by installing the appropriate drivers or by 'graceful failure', prompting the user to insert a disk.

USB is an unnecessary complication in dedicated environments such as a vehicle installation. A taxicab may have a taximeter that communicates its fare and tariff information via RS-232 to a data terminal or printer. These devices need to be compatible but don't require the overhead of plug-and-play intelligence.

Although low cost serial to USB semiconductors may make the concept of a USB taximeter possible, creating the USB host for it becomes a nightmare. Any unit with a USB host socket on it implies acceptance of a whole range of USB devices. Deciding what devices to support, communicating a lack of support to the user (graceful failure), and then installing that support, brings pointless complication and cost.

Like USB, integrating multiple RS-232 devices requires a communications hub. However, because RS-232 is not 'universal', integration may require some processing and device configuration via a simple human interface. The demand for more elaborate RS-232 environments has now prompted the emergence of devices like the Datax3 terminal http://www.datax3.com and the Lynx communications hub from Diplomat Ltd. which fills the gap between multiple serial devices and an ergonomic interface flexible enough to cater for interaction with that environment.

USB is great for the domestic computer market but in dedicated environments the traditional serial RS-232 communications port is still very much alive. This article and others can be found at http://www.diplomat.co.uk

Stewart Harding is the CEO of Diplomat Ltd.

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