Re: voltage revs variation petrol generator.
Very true. I had a motorhome (older) with an Onan genset. Someone had messed with the adjustments, and it was producing about 170 VAC.
All of the 120 v appliances had suffered various degrees of damage. Including the destruction of the $300+ "safety control boards" in the forced air heater and the water heater.
On an Onan genset, the rpm is set by the position of the air-vane governor and not by either of the adjustments near the carburetor. Those are for controlling output frequency when the load current changes. If those are messed with it is unlikely the generator can operate correctly unless you can obtain the factory service procedures and follow them to a "T"
Very true. I had a motorhome (older) with an Onan genset. Someone had messed with the adjustments, and it was producing about 170 VAC.
All of the 120 v appliances had suffered various degrees of damage. Including the destruction of the $300+ "safety control boards" in the forced air heater and the water heater.
On an Onan genset, the rpm is set by the position of the air-vane governor and not by either of the adjustments near the carburetor. Those are for controlling output frequency when the load current changes. If those are messed with it is unlikely the generator can operate correctly unless you can obtain the factory service procedures and follow them to a "T"
Apparently this chap builds all sorts of generators and wind turbines in his little shop at home and sells them here and there. He even showed me some footage of some of his inventions in action out in the field. However, as he himself very kindly put it, he's not good with electronics - he just designs and builds the generators (from scratch, I might add) and turns to others for the electronic...
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