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Selecting Your Generator

Use our easy selection chart to help you determine the best generator for your requirements. Our sales team are available 7 days a week on 1300 841 955 to further assist you in selecting your generator.

Please click here to view our Easy Generator Selector Chart.

When choosing a portable generator it is important to make sure the generator’s capacity for power generation is adequate for the work you want it to do and that it will produce the quality of power necessary for the appliances you intend to power. There are other considerations such as size, dependability, efficiency and noise production. Consider the questions below to determine which generator is right for your needs. Use the Generator Sizing Chart to help you decide. What size generator do I need?

The first thing to consider in choosing a generator is what appliances or tools you are going to power. Check each unit’s manual or name plate and see the watts rating. If you intend to use more than one appliance at a time, you can calculate the necessary power by totalling the power requirements of each. Because some appliances such as freezers and certain power tools have an initially high power requirement an inverter generator is better suited than a standard generator.

If you are intending to power computers, phones, DVD players and other sensitive appliances that require sine wave power you need to use only inverter generators not standard generators otherwise the irregular power from standard generators may damage the sensitive electronics in these appliances.

Use the Generator Sizing Chart to assist you in choosing the generator to meet your needs.

How do I plan to use your generator?

Portability is a big factor in your choice of generator especially if you intend to use it for camping and holidaying, The ability to easily move, relocate and transport your generator is one reason many people choose inverter generators, as they are extremely portable, light and quiet all in one.

Consider whether your generator will be for home use or used during construction/reconstruction of buildings, during power outages including outages as a result of storms, for camping and caravanning or for sensitive electronics such as computers, GPS, sonar equipment and mobile phones

How long will the generator be used in between refuelling?

If you need continuous power supply it is important to consider the size of the fuel tank and the efficiency of the generator. It is necessary to stop the generator and allow it time to cool before refuelling so these factors can be important considerations Due to increased fuel efficiency, many inverter generators can run for around 7-8 hours on a single tank of fuel.

Is reliability, dependability and durability important?

Many times it is inconvenient or dangerous to have any interruption in the supply of electricity. If you want a generator that will last, has superior technology and based on cutting edge research then Yamaha and Dunlite generators will be the ones you choose. These generators have been engineered using superior mechanical technology and are built to last.

Where can I use the generator/ how loud will it be?

Consider where you will be using your generator. There are some applications where the noise from a generator will be either not permitted or will be a nuisance to others. In any situation where the generator will be used in the vicinity of other people the best option is an inverter generator such as the ones in made by Yamaha or Dunlite. These generator manufacturers have perfected low decibel output generators.

If you are planning to use your generator for camping or caravanning look at the information on the “Use of generators for camping and caravanning” page. Many national parks and camping / caravanning parks restrict generator use to those with low noise output models such as the inverter generators by Dunlite and Yamaha.