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. > > Josh Luthman > 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > 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 > 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > 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 > > 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 > > Direct: 937-552-2343 > > 1100 Wayne St > > Suite 1337 > > Troy, OH 45373 > > -- > > AF mailing list > > [email protected] <> > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] <> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] <> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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