Home appliances are designed to use AC ... However, you must ensure the inverter model can operate off-grid — some models are only designed for grid-tied operation, not power outages.
The Bob Vila test team put several brand-name inverter generators to the test at their homes to see how they performed ... but it took some budging to get it to pop off completely.
Leonardo David is a writer and energy consultant who has worked on projects funded by the Inter-American Development Bank. An electromechanical engineer, he has written about solar energy and the ...