Monday, 2 July 2012

Spot The Difference...

Pic 1


Pic 2

THAT'S RIGHT





THERE




IS 





NO




B****Y




DIFFERENCE!!

 

Richard came over within 10minutes of calling with the rebuilt geni, a new box of bits and a shiny new coat of paint. Unfortunately the geni was outputting nearly 320 volts (ouch!) and wouldn't adjust down using the magic box of bits. The only way we could get it to 250 volts was to adjust the engine revs right down (we should have just two options 950 rpm and 1500 rpm. We adjusted it down to 950 rpm and 1150 rpm) by the time the voltage was right the geni wasn't pushing enough current so we had no power still to the cooker! A quick call to his boss confirmed Richards thoughts that the rectifier from USA was duff. So looks like we are here for another ten days at least!

Good job we like it here - off to the marina tomorrow to pay some more money and see if they will give us a couple of bob off.

Fingers crossed
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  1. Mo3 July 2012 at 08:12

    Hiya
    My mains genny outputs 340 volts AC. This is AC peak which makes 230 V AC RMS when we get it after the control box.
    Does this help or have I got the wrong end of the stick?
    Mo
    Nb.Balmaha

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  2. James3 July 2012 at 09:27

    Hi Mo

    Thanks for the extra info I'll mention it to the engineer when he calls in later. I am pretty sure that 310v was after the control box, at the junction box that takes the cable straight to the consumer unit. The 'pots' in the control box would only adjust the voltage -+ 2v not 20ish volts from 220v to 240v.

    Cheers

    James

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