jropert
Structural
- May 18, 2010
- 23
I am tasked with designing a slab on grade for a new generator and am wondering about the effects of wiring this generator in parallel to the utility. One manufacturer that I have talked to mentioned that the generator could potentially "jump" off the actual foundation if out of phase enough with the utility at the time of initiation. Has anyone encountered this and what magnitude of force would result? Could a physical "jump" of significant magnitude result? I did a quick internet search about this and basically found that electrical/mechanical engineers appear to be aware of this phenomenon and there are "safe" ways of initiating this wired configuration when an out of phase occurrence is likely.
Thanks,
Josh R
Thanks,
Josh R