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eljefino
Sep 14, 2011Explorer
Sliding OT, but I didn't know if it was kosher to post pictures, as I didn't see anyone else doing it. ;) The blinders were/are on my default settings.
My replacement genset is coming completely cross country, California to Maine, via UPS. Got my fingers crossed.
So here's a question that I didn't see answered in the first 170 pages I read, what is the purported advantage of AVR? If my load suddenly lessens, the engine speeds up... if it cuts alternator load to keep from over-volting what's left, that only causes the engine to speed up even faster. Is that the point? To get the governor to correct the engine speed faster? A more precise feedback loop?
My replacement genset is coming completely cross country, California to Maine, via UPS. Got my fingers crossed.
So here's a question that I didn't see answered in the first 170 pages I read, what is the purported advantage of AVR? If my load suddenly lessens, the engine speeds up... if it cuts alternator load to keep from over-volting what's left, that only causes the engine to speed up even faster. Is that the point? To get the governor to correct the engine speed faster? A more precise feedback loop?
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