is it good to use stabilizer with generator

To use a stabilizer to generator to home appliance depend on two condition.

 If it is single home  small generator  or common portable generator use for a personal home use, then there is not need of using a stabilizer to your generators, most of these generators come with a fixed voltage of 220v you don’t need to stabilize anything.

 The only thing I will suggest  you do is to switch on more appliances  if you observe that the power if so much for the load or to switch of some appliance if you observe that  the load is too much for the load.

 In case of a large KVA generator  or community generator you will need a stabilizer  to staiize the  the voltage.

 This large generator has no difference with normal mains supply.

 You will need a stabilizer to either step up or step down the voltage to your desired voltage.

  When you are using a community generators other people are also tapping their power from te same source the voltage may be will be lower and some high energy consuming appliance like refrigerator cannot work . therefore you need a stabilizer.

 As I said before, a small home portable generator with low  power rating  do not need a stabilizer, the power they supply   is usually lower an do not need a  a voltage regulator.

 Using a stabilizer on this type of generator is dangerous and should be avoided  at all cost, most stabilizers draws more electric power  and if you allow them on you small low KVA  generator it  will simply spoil the generator.

 Stabilizers are not made for small generators as their power rating is within home use, I will suggest you switch off some appliance when you observe low voltage or witch on some appliance when you observe high voltage.

how to reduce fuel consumption in petrol generator

IF you are looking for how to reduce or stop fuel over consumption by your small or home generator, below are some of the trick you can use to achieve that

·         Buy a clean fuel: what I mean by a clean fuel is an unadulterated fuel,  in developing countries  many people are selling fuels in black-market and can easily mix fuel with other substance to make more profits. ,my advice here is to buy fuel from only license fuel stations with clean records of selling clean fuels.

·         Use the correct fuel to engine oil ratio:  if you ran your  on fuel only  it burn faster and become otter and if you  add too much engine oil will may not run, therefore  use the correct fuel to oil ratio anytime you refuel your generator. Using little engine oil burns more fuel and this will increases your generator fuel consumption

·         Switch off on appliances not n use: if you are running a generator it is not like electric power, the  more the appliances you switch them on the more  the amount of energy they need , and the more fuel will burn therefore swift off , all appliance not in use when you are running a generator,

·          use an energy saving electric equipment: if the bulk of you r energy source  from generator you can replace your  electric appliance with low –energy consuming  one,  there are bulbs , tv , refrigerators etc  that are energy savers, a qualified electrician should be able to tell you this

·         Avoid using high energy consuming appliances when you are off  grid: appliances like electric cookers, electric heater electric irons etc are high energy consuming, avoid using them until the mains power  is restored.

·         Fuel tap should not be open complete, close it abit and you will see that  you generators last longer.