I've bought a piece of land to build a house on, but as it is bare at the moment and I do not want it overrun with weeds I'd like to keep it tidy.

I own a "frees" as we call it here, it's a machine to turn the ground by rotating claws. I don't know what the english word is... Anyway, it has a 2300 W electric engine on a 220V powersupply.

I also own a lawnmower of about 1500 W too.

And a hacker to cut small wood in to snippits, but don't know the power of that.

If I want to use these tools I need a portable powergenerator, but I'm at a loss on how to determine what the basic parameters I to use. Ther's hardly any good info on the net either.

This is what I saw and I want to ask the appropriate questions before I buy it.

PS I will also use it in my vegetagle garden as now I have to use a 100m long powercord from the house.

Does anyone have knowledge about these things? Some kind of "rule of thumb" explanation would be very usefull.

I expect a monthly use in sumer periods only so ndon't think I'll need a heavy duty professional one.

Read somthing about powerpeaks damaging your connected equipment and it not giving constant power. Inverters do do it seems. Or was it that 50Hz stuff. Confusing...

i know nothing about generators and what they can be used for

So i found this website, gives a little guide to what they can be used for and safety etc

http://www.justgenerators.co.uk/pages/FAQ.htm

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It's simple, add all of the power you want to use simultaneously, this is the amount you need.

Multiply it with a safety factor (1,5 or so) than this power is ok for you.

If you are not requiring to use all tools at once, then you can take only the most powerfull one as total figure. I hope this helps.  2010 Freelander 2 Select TD4 auto....gone
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The generator power should be fine, I guess you will only be using one item at a time. Certainly better than a 100 mtr power cord, this will kill the power along its length, aside of any safety issue, the generator is a far safer device.

Providing the equipment you have has no fancy electronics and is fairly basic you should be OK.

I think a "frees" is a rotavator, as we call them.

Paul

We call them 'Rotavators' here

Look for one that has a 'Continuous Rating' of at least 2500/3000 watts or 2.5/3kW for your equipment and not a 'Maximum Rating', which is only rated for short duration running.
You won't have to worry about 'spikes' for your equipment, only if later you decide to power any equipment with electronics involved such as a TV for example.
Ensure your output frequency is 50hz if your equipment states it as running a generator at 60hz will make the equipment run hot and at a different speed than designed for.
Any extension leads you use must be fully unwound so as not to create a heating coil and also a cross sectional area of 2.5mm to accommodate the power drawn.
The generator you linked to shows 6500 watts but that may be total power across all outputs, even so I would imagine it is powerfull enough for your 240v application.

Googled rotavators and that's what it is.

As I will only be running garden and powertools on it and probably only one at a time, I should be fine then.
just have to verify the continious rating for each socket and the output frequencies of both my tools and the generator.

Thanks all for the info!