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heres an off the shelf item
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otherwise, a relay on the generator input and one on the line side...
Winding primary/winding seccondary=voltage primary/ voltage secondary= current secondary/current primary
A 3 phase transformer is just 3 single phase transformers in the same case. If you lower the primary voltage the secondary voltage will drop by the winding ratio. Some transformers are...
split between 2 panels, the risk of imbalance damage is minimal, the shared leg has a risk of overload. If fuel efficiency isn't a huge concern you can always use a heater to help balance. For example, Panel 1 is wired to AB panel 2 is wired to BC and the heater dummy load is wired to CA
balanced is more efficient, you can cause head damage by running 2 legs at their maximum and nothing on the 3rd leg. The short and skinny, Balance as close as you can but dont go nuts over a few amps.
If you are isolating the main breaker for each panel with an interlock there should be no problem. What can get you into some trouble is if the grounding and bonding is not done correctly, especially if for some reason you run 1 panel on generator and the other on utility.
You also need to...
We have some big DC equipment at work, 24 and 48 vdc. Fun part is all the battery chargers are 24 vdc. The battery disconnects and jumpers are all anderson connectors and when you pull the disconnects the jumpers (think a plate with several connectors) the mating connector on the charger can...
short circuit will trip cb2
undervolt, underfrequency, reverse power, overload, permissive parallel will trip cb2 but are bypassable with battle short
low fuel, water temp, oil pressure, overvolt will kill the engine which also trips cb2
Engine speed is for frequency(Hz) only. The knob is for voltage only. What voltage are you reading?
If you are using the control cube to meter make sure the selector switch is in the right place. If you are reading voltage on an external meter and the knob does nothing, the first thing i...
One thing I have done to pots when they act funny, with the set off crank the pot all the way up and back down several times. sometimes the wiper gets corroded and needs a degunking. If its an open pot (you can see the wiper) a little deoxit goes a long way
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