Generator putting out 18 Hz?
Hello again! Man, I've been running down one problem after the next on this old generator we have. I finally got it running after a no-start and then a broken fuel line. Still need to fix the muffler....
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In generator lingo ???-turn (two pole) 3,600 RPM
18-turn (four poles) 1,800 RPM
12-turn (six poles) 1,200 RPM
Below a 55 Hz (cornering frequency) many regs wll go intermittent meaning their signal to the field isn't continuous.
Even a cheap multimeter will have Hz. And I sure would trust it more than a "meter" on some line monitor device.
When an suspicious value is offered I immediately suspect the measuring device until its measurement can be corroborated with another device.
34 years ago when I assembled a Kubota to a Kato generator, I had a miserable time finding a 12 turn power head that was a 12-turn. And to think anything under 12.5 Kw was available in a 12-turn would have been a pipe dream.
18-turn (four poles) 1,800 RPM
12-turn (six poles) 1,200 RPM
Below a 55 Hz (cornering frequency) many regs wll go intermittent meaning their signal to the field isn't continuous.
Even a cheap multimeter will have Hz. And I sure would trust it more than a "meter" on some line monitor device.
When an suspicious value is offered I immediately suspect the measuring device until its measurement can be corroborated with another device.
34 years ago when I assembled a Kubota to a Kato generator, I had a miserable time finding a 12 turn power head that was a 12-turn. And to think anything under 12.5 Kw was available in a 12-turn would have been a pipe dream.
