Does the choke also open the throttle?   That’s common on car engines, no idea 
if it does on a generator.   That little bit of choke might be kicking the 
speed up just enough to make the UPS happy.

Mark

> On Sep 21, 2020, at 1:13 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> So you're thinking the 110v is probably its output and not relevant?  Carb 
> issue could be causing it to bog down like that and it gets resolved by 
> closing the choke a bit?
> 
> It's labeled for 6250 running watts and if I'm doing ~1500 that seems odd 
> that it'd be an overloading issue.
> 
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> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 12:24 PM TJ Trout <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> or maybe the 110v side is overloaded, maybe try running @ 220
> 
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 9:22 AM <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
> wrote:
> Sounds like you have a carburetor issue.  Maybe some plugged up metering jets 
> due to varnish. 
>  
> From: Josh Luthman <>
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 10:13 AM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Generator power supply questions
>  
> None of our generators or any one I've seen let's you adjust voltage.  The 
> ones we have are all TroyBilt-ish with Briggs engines.
> 
> The UPS did switch to the generator when I lowered the choke ~10%.  But it 
> would not use the generator at full open and the generator sounded like it 
> was bogging down.
>  
> Josh Luthman
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>  
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 11:57 AM <[email protected] <>> wrote:
> But engine speed will affect voltage.  At least on older units.
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mark Radabaugh
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 9:40 AM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Generator power supply questions
> 
> Not sure what the generator is but most have the ability to adjust the 
> output voltage and frequency.   If you have the option you could just crank 
> the generator output voltage up enough to make the UPS happy.   Note that is 
> done by adjusting the excitation voltage, not the speed of the engine. 
> Engine speed changes frequency.      (All of this assumes a traditional 
> generator, not a inverter style generator like the small Honda’s)
> 
> ark
> 
> > On Sep 21, 2020, at 10:22 AM, Josh Luthman <[email protected] <>> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > So Friday we have another 3 phase go down in the building.  They unplugged 
> > it all so that wing had nothing.
> >
> > As a precaution I start up the generator.  When they're cutting the other 
> > phases we are using I move it to the generator.  The generator complains 
> > and the UPS units don't switch over.  I drop it to say 90% open choke and 
> > the UPS switches over - but it's only 110v.  I'd like to know what's going 
> > on here.
> >
> > I have 175 feet of 10 gauge (times 2).  Two circuits on the generator, two 
> > runs of copper, two UPS.  UPS is doing about 5-6 amps each.
> >
> > What can I do better?  Should I?  It runs but I'd like to keep it as 
> > simple as possible to avoid "teaching someone" to lower it from full open 
> > choke.
> >
> > Josh Luthman
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