3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
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The sine wave was rising to about the 2/3 point, falling off a tad, and then resuming its path to peak voltage.
That looks like the waveform I would expect from a line carrying a lot of peak rectifying loads. If A utility supply line has a lot of resistance in it, or you are using a generator that has a lot of winding resistance, then loading it will a lot of “diode to capacitor” rectified power supplies will cause that type of artifacts.
(ie) Computers, radios, TV’s satellite receivers, compact florescent lights, Big florescent lights with electronic ballast. Battery chargers, and the like.
Even with a stiff utility supply, you will see that “chipping away of the peak” if you have a lot of electronic loads.
