There's no throttle, I guess it's tied to choke?  Not really my area of
knowledge at all...

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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
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> Direct: 937-552-2343
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> 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
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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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