Re: Old Iron (engine generator)


Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:

This spring, I "decommissioned" our old central AC, and saved a few
components; relays, caps, etc. For whatever reason, I also saved the
heat-strip insert -- a 230V, 4800watt resistance heater.

Last night, I fired up the genny for a warmup, because the remants of
Ernesto were headed for us. This time, I plugged the heat strips in for a
test load. My expectation was that the field would quench, but I wanted to
see, anyway.

Damned if the 44 year old Dayton didn't just lean into that load like a mule
to a plow! It RAN the coil, and the output only dropped to about 205v!
Daggone! It's just a 3500 watt unit!

Let's see one of the new "peak rated" gennies do THAT! <G<G>G>

I LOVE old iron!

LLoyd

Built in a day when manufacturers and advertisers still had a
conscience, and consumers still knew what RMS meant, vs. peak. In our
uneducated ignorance they can now tell us all sorts of crap and we
swallow it. I have here a Ridgid shop vac, 110V, labelled as 3.5 peak
hp. As if it could sustain that beyond the first 25 milliseconds at
startup. Same goes for the Sears compressors. And I suspect it also
goes for a lot of current automobiles...
And built in a day when they made things better just so they
would last a long time and give the company a good reputation for the
future. We seem to have much shorter memories now, and keep buying
substandard stuff.

Dan

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