There's no throttle, I guess it's tied to choke? Not really my area of knowledge at all...
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 1:25 PM Mark Radabaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> wrote: > >> or maybe the 110v side is overloaded, maybe try running @ 220 >> >> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 9:22 AM <[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 >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> 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 >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> 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 > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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