You just need to load it. This is another place where a big battery bank is
useful, run all night on batteries, queue up your high load jobs during the day
when you run the generator. You wouldn't be as upset about 3gal/hr if you were
getting that level of work out of it. So run the washer/dryer, stove, etc while
charging up the batteries...
-Curt
From: Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Cc: Jim Cathey <jim.cathey...@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2017 1:55 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Buy Me, You Rascally Wabbit!
>
> How much would a 3 phase to single phase transformer or rotary phase
> converter cost,
Lots?
Is there a simpler way to convert 3 phase to single phase, electronic
> perhaps?
No. But if you have 6/12-wire generator you can wire it zig-zag and get
2/3 the power out of it.
Big Bertha, our 45kW propane-fired genny, will do probably 26kW in
zig-zag. Still not enough to run the house, since it has electric heat.
But we've never needed that. It sucks down 3gal/hour whether it's loaded
or not. Way too big for most uses, but not big enough for all. But, the
price was right I guess.
-- Jim
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