On 12/30/23 22:43, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
Interesting I have a smaller 5000k Generac, gasoline powered also. But it's
old-school with the generator output directly feeding single phase 240 power.
It runs at 3600rpm and the armature is a 2 pole so the formula yields 60Hz
Small generator power is actually -very- clean far cleaner than utility power
as long as the load is constant. When the load changes the frequency
fluctuates and that induces spikes and sags.
Modern "home house" generators seem to run at a slower speed with little
regulation and are double-conversion, the fluctuating AC output is rectified to DC then
that feeds a sinewave power inverter. The rpm is considerably lower because an engine
running at 3600 rpm puts out a lot of noise.
Triplite Isobar power strips are the "gold standard" in power cleanup,
supposedly.
Thanks. I'll look into those.
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Regards,
Dick Steffens
