Do most portable generators produce dirty electricity? Yes.

Let me tell you the story of the start of our generators. When a hurricane hit, the inventor of our generators had never lost power fortunately, but those who did own portable generators were at a loss finding gasoline. He realized then that using gasoline to power your generator was probably not the best idea. To be prepared for the next storm he purchased a 8000 watt Tri Fuel generator thinking that he could fuel it off the natural gas line of his house if he ever lost power. When it arrived he noticed some things about the generator that made him very suspect. The regulator on the generator was made of plastic, the recoil looked more like something you would see on a children’s toy. After many hours of trying to get it to run properly he finally got it running steady. He then decided to try it out on his house to see what it could handle. BIG MISTAKE. He noticed all the lights flickering and then boom! He heard a loud noise from somewhere inside the house and immediately turned off the generator and went inside to see what that loud sound was. He found the printer from his computer was destroyed. That was the last time he ever powered up that Tri Fuel generator and decided to look for a higher quality portable generator that could fuel with natural gas. Everything he could locate was of low quality and just selling on price to try and be cheap. All built with poor quality engines and producing dirty electricity. What do we define as dirty electricity? Any generator producing electricity with more than 6% THD is dirty. Most of the generators found produced electricity with more than 15% THD, some as high as 30% THD! Those generators will definitely damage your sensitive electronics. That is why we build our generators with Mecc Alte alternators that produce a pure sine wave and less than 4% THD. This keeps your appliances safe and running perfectly.