My emergency generator says “Cycle” “50″ on the generator. Does that mean it is not for 60 cycle electric?
Lakely asked:
I inherited an emergency Honda electrical generator.. the generator side is American made and looks very standard to me, but oddly enough, it says “Cycle 50″ on the generator. Now, I thought all electric in the US was 60 cycles per sectond. Why in the world does this say 50. Do I have an oddball thing here that is useless, or is this probably just a misprint or a misundestanding on my part.
I inherited an emergency Honda electrical generator.. the generator side is American made and looks very standard to me, but oddly enough, it says “Cycle 50″ on the generator. Now, I thought all electric in the US was 60 cycles per sectond. Why in the world does this say 50. Do I have an oddball thing here that is useless, or is this probably just a misprint or a misundestanding on my part.
I want to use the generator to run my small well pump in emergency if the electric goes out.
Ebony
February 19th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Francisca
Does it work, is the big question!
Should do
February 20th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Harvey
that 60 cycle thing is mostly for electronic things. As far as a motor is concerned it will probably be ok–its close enough .
In fact if you look at most motors you will see that there is a variation 3s on the cycles just s there is some times 208-240 volts etc.
February 21st, 2010 at 2:05 am
Albertha
50 cycles (hertz ) is used in Europe where the standard voltage is 240, so it might have come from Europe., and even though it is made in USA it might be for export.
Check that your voltage is the same as the generator.
February 21st, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Hoa
As long as you are using it on a motor, assuming that it is 50hz, it should not cause any problems at all, the motor will run at a slightly reduced speed but you will probably not even notice the difference when it comes to the output pressure.