Megawatt Inrush And Small Generators
In the interests of accuracy I have copied John Marles, comments verbatim and they appear below "Inrush is 50A/115VAC 50A/230VAC for a few milliseconds on the S-400 and S-350. Its controlled by due...
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IN A CRUNCH...
Small generator. Too small. When the switch is flipped to start the Megawatt, the generator dies...
The Megawatt needs it's own switch no matter what.
Use the capacitor as noted in the given link.
A pushbutton contact switch called momentary only connects while being pressed.
Wire the pushbutton switch as a very short umbilical to the Megawatt on off switch.
So when the pushbutton switch is pressed the capacitor will charge up
Got it?
Start the generator
Push the capacitor button down and keep it down...until...
You flip the Megawatt switch
The generator should "grunt" when you push the capacitor button
And grunt again, when the Megawatt switch is thrown.
No more generator stalling out.
But if you release the pushbutton and the generator stalls, yank the pushbutton out of the circuit and leave the capacitor connected permanently.
Beatzuh heck out of buying another generator.
***The cap hookup goes on the generator side of the on/off switch
IN A CRUNCH...
Small generator. Too small. When the switch is flipped to start the Megawatt, the generator dies...
The Megawatt needs it's own switch no matter what.
Use the capacitor as noted in the given link.
A pushbutton contact switch called momentary only connects while being pressed.
Wire the pushbutton switch as a very short umbilical to the Megawatt on off switch.
So when the pushbutton switch is pressed the capacitor will charge up
Got it?
Start the generator
Push the capacitor button down and keep it down...until...
You flip the Megawatt switch
The generator should "grunt" when you push the capacitor button
And grunt again, when the Megawatt switch is thrown.
No more generator stalling out.
But if you release the pushbutton and the generator stalls, yank the pushbutton out of the circuit and leave the capacitor connected permanently.
Beatzuh heck out of buying another generator.
***The cap hookup goes on the generator side of the on/off switch
