[RE-wrenches] inverters/ generators and noise

[robert ellison]

I expect the gear will tolerate it ok, probably the gen shutting down
unexpectedly is more of a headache than the slight bump in frequency.

Bob

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 5:32 PM, jay peltz <jay at asis.com> wrote:

> Hi Bob,
> Nope standard house, well standard in that is very high end.
>
> 60" plasma screen,
> best of everything all that but nothing that I would call unusual?
>
> jay
>
> peltz power
>
>  On Nov 20, 2008, at 2:26 PM, robert ellison wrote:
>
>  Is he running anything unusual?
>
> Bob
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:15 PM, jay peltz <jay at asis.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bob,
>> Thanks for the details.
>>
>> I'll let you know about how this goes.
>>
>> Customer was being super careful to have it as close to 60hz as possible.
>>
>> Hope this doesn't freak him out!
>>
>> jay
>>    On Nov 20, 2008, at 8:26 AM, robert ellison wrote:
>>
>>  Seems that i ran it up till the charger was happy and it was not over 62
>> or 63 HZ. Some people on the list would scream but I never had a problem
>> doing it and never blew anything up. Set it for 62 or 63 unloaded and see
>> where it settles with a full charger load on it. Some will not increase,
>> just put it back where it was.
>> I always figured that low was worse than high. Not a good idea to crank up
>> a Coleman or other cheap generator and unload it fast. I know people that
>> have blown capacitors when they do that.
>> I have not had to do that with the Magnum inverter / chargers, they seem
>> to be happy on less amps ac input Heart Interface (dating myself, remember
>> them?), Trace and Outback seemed to like a little frequency increase.
>>
>> Later,
>> Bob.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:10 AM, jay peltz <jay at asis.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bob,
>>> Do you have any numbers as to what the HZ where or where you think it
>>> worked best?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> jay
>>>
>>> peltz power
>>>
>>>  On Nov 20, 2008, at 3:38 AM, robert ellison wrote:
>>>
>>>  Probably due to the load of the charger, try changing the rpm a little
>>> (higher) if you can. Might help. I have had stoves that wouldn't light under
>>> full charger load. They did better at a somewhat higher rmp (frequency)
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>
>
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