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Re: Re: How to work out what type of power generator?


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: Re: How to work out what type of power generator?
  • From: Stephen <mail@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 17:57:26 +0100
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  • Reply-to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:22:03 +0100, you wrote:

>Be warned on getting a cheap genny if you want to run power sensitive
>equipment. Unless they have some form of a voltage regulation then
voltage
>can drop dramatically with the loading. My 5.5KVA genny will put out
230v at
>52Hz with no load, when it's loaded to 10Amp this goes to about 215v at
>51hz. If I pull 16Amps then it goes to 205v at 50Hz.

Perhaps a silly question, but why is generator output measured in kVA
rather than kW? Is there a difference?

How many kVA do you recommend, and where do you buy your generators
from?

Thanks.


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