Patent ID: 8667955

Claim:
A handheld work apparatus comprising: a work tool; a generator; a combustion engine configured to drive said work tool and said generator; a first electrical load; a second connectable electrical load; said generator being configured to supply power for simultaneous operation of said first and said second electrical loads; a control unit configured to control the amount of electrical power supplied to said first electrical load; said control unit having a voltage monitoring circuit for monitoring the generator voltage (U G ) of said generator; said voltage monitoring circuit being configured to switch said control unit into a first operating state (I) when said generator voltage (U G ) exceeds a pregiven voltage threshold value (U s ) wherein a first signal sequence is supplied to said first electrical load for operating said first electrical load; said voltage monitoring circuit being further configured to switch said control unit into a second state (II) when said generator voltage (U G ) drops below said voltage threshold value (U S ) wherein a second signal sequence is supplied to said first electrical load for operating said first electrical load with said second signal sequence being different from said first signal sequence; and, said first signal sequence and said second signal sequence having approximately the same mean power.