Re: Old Iron (engine generator)
- From: "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" <lloydsp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:14:12 GMT
"RoyJ" <spamless@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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As much as I like the old IRON equipment (I have a nice 6.5HP Wisconson
powered fire pumpfrom the 50's), I'd suggest that your strip heater load
is about as gentle a load as you could have put on the generator. Most of
the new units have at least some surge capacity, it was obvious that yours
bogged down enough to match the load to the available power.
Gentle, yes; as in, "no inrush" (to speak of). No... it didn't "bog down".
The engine never sagged, the voltage did, because of internal resistance in
the windings.
At 205V, the heater never got up to as high a temp as it would have at 230v,
so it actually drew more current.
The 4.8Kw load was probably real.
LLoyd
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