Damn, that sucks that your power is still off. I agree with Bowtie, fire that sucker up. Open up your doors and windows, and let the whole neighborhood enjoy those Altecs
Damn, that sucks that your power is still off. I agree with Bowtie, fire that sucker up. Open up your doors and windows, and let the whole neighborhood enjoy those Altecs
Anybody that owns a generator should have one of these:
Heck if you use AC line voltage for anything, you should have one of these:
It will read voltage, frequency, and current.
Your generator will have an easily accessible governor adjustment, get your load energized and running, then final adjust frequency to 60 hz.
You can also just wing it by setting your generator speed to 61-63 hz un-loaded expecting that the operating load will slow it down to ~60
Don't worry about the voltage, it's fixed and calculated such that when there's no load, it's going to read a little high, it will drop as you add load, and unless the generator has electronic voltage regulation there's nothing you can do about that fluctuation. It's the nature of small portable generators.
I have a 15KW ST head that i turn with a 32HP slow speed stationary diesel engine, i use kill a watt to set my speed. The ST is an 1800RPM(precisely) head and they say if you over-speed it above 1950, the windings will come apart on the armature................. explosively.
Last edited by bowtie427ss; September 15th, 2017 at 08:29 AM.
Not all vegetables make good leaders.
This is all good to know. ☺ thank you Tom. I'll post More when my internet is back to normal. Took me 45 mins just to post this thread.
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No worries Phil, glad you;re OK and making things happen.
Please play safe!
Not all vegetables make good leaders.
While power wise that is OK, cheap generators can fry gear. Try to find out what waveform the generator puts out. If it's sine wave all is cool. Modified sine wave, maybe not.
And square wave, as in cheap inverter generators, is right out.
Hondas are usually good.
Your neighbors called. They like your music.
damn straight its a Honda.Originally Posted by Old Guy
also I'm running it thru a Tripp lite isobar. I'm not seeing the 60/120/240hz bumps on the RTA graph i see with the regular line supply. looking good.
my brother down the block has a "hecho en chino" from harbor freight I can hear that beast in my front yard.
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All Solar here.
No complaints ...
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Except for the relentless sunshine.
Too much of a good thing ....
4% humidity, is not enuff .
guns kill people,
like spoons made rush limbaugh,
fat ....
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