Re: Old Iron (engine generator)

Ignoramus20617 wrote:
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:34:06 GMT, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh <lloydsp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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!


So do I. The good old times, when things were "conservatively rated".

Another old iron fan here!

By the way, talking about misleading marketing, did anyone ever understand the term "watts PMPO" and its relationship to watts RMS when talking about speakers?

Chris

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