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Re: Failover generators
>A "big car alternator" is perhaps 80A ...
I was thinking more of one from, say, a VW Maybach ... ie: something
with loads & loads of electric gismos !
Chris
Phil Harris wrote:
>
> > 'wonder if adapting a modern small car engine would be a
> > viable route ... driving a big-car alternator, say ... their
> > more sosphisticated control systems might be helpful ... ???
> >
> > Chris
>
> Two immediate thoughts here...
>
> 1) A "big car alternator" is perhaps 80A - that's only 1kW
or so of power
> which isn't really a lot and it's at 12v so you are looking at pretty
> hefty
> cabling unless you get it to 240v AC pretty quickly.
>
> 2) Although a Micra might sound nice and quiet at tickover, you just
stand
> beside one at 5,000rpm with the engine under load - you would *NOT*
want
> that outside your house for long.
>
> Phil
>
>
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