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<< Dumped volts this past w/e (again). It's one of
these old units that has a magnaciter vs. voltage regulator. >>>
Many, many thanks to all who responded with my Onan woes. I did get some
excellent contacts as where to buy a new genny. Excellent prices, but still
beyond our means at this time. Even located a good RTO.
What I ended up doing was bypassing our magnaciter (again, an old dinosaur
Onan) and installed a Power-Tronics static exciter and electronic voltage
regulator. Still have to fine tune the governor and voltage tonight.
However, the problem of voltage dumping has been rectified (wooo-hooo!).
Maybe we can get another few years out of this beast. Replacement is going
to happen, but when the wallet can accommodate.
Really had me going at first. Measured voltage with my trusty digital volt
meter (cheapie). One leg had 140v, the other had 105. Change the scale on
the meter to 600v, and the 140 leg read 360v. Checked both legs and was
looking for 240, but had 462. After 5 hours of checking, rechecking, I
finally checked the legs with my trusty Kill-o-Watt meter. 123v each leg.
Read the Kill-O-Watt manual and it states voltage is measured in true RMS
values. Borrowed a true RMS meter, combined I had 245v @ 61.5 htz. I feel
much better but can't figure out why using the old dinosaur magnaciter, my
cheapie volt meter read correctly. However, using a electronic regulator,
it reads waaaaay off. I'm going to contact Power-Tronics about this today
to be sure there is no danger of hurting anything. Guess it's something in
the waveform. All items aboard appear to be functioning correctly.
Hopefully this is a standard scenario and my problems are behind me. I'd be
curious if anyone else gets wild readings on their genny vs. line power.
Again, many thanks to the list!
Chris
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