Im researching into making my own generator as a small learning project. Ive seen alot of people getting a lawnmower engine running a car alternator which powers a inverter however thats not very efficent.
Ideally I want single phase 230V 50Hz And I want to produce between 2.3kW to 3.4kW. I...
Got a pretty decent fault today. Thought ild share.
Background and fault:
Conducting a inspection of a 175kVA gen set. Gen is reasonably old. It has come back from a site where is was run underloaded and not serviced regularly. Has a number of oil leaks and we are considering writing it off...
I had a fault with a RCD the other day which no one could explain.
Just some background firstly:
In Australia we have RCD's which are rated to trip at maximum of 100ms at 30mA for the majority of purposes. Our power supply is 230V at 50Hz nominal.
Fault:
I test for nuisance tripping as well as...
