Genset voltage reg: capacitor vs. AVR

[Transition Zone]

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Why expect to regulate voltage if its that cheap?

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Another diversion into lala land. They apparently do it because:

A - If you're not going to use an electonic voltage regulator which costs a bit more, then having SOME voltage regulation on a generator is better than none.

B - Customers want and expect some kind of voltage regulation and the generator would probably be useless for most applications without it.

C - A cap is cheap

[Tim Wescott]

With field coil regulation you should be able to keep the genset voltage dead nuts on target, with deviations only when the load changes suddenly.

One wonders in what decade the technology stalled if they're allowing the crappy regulation that EA quotes.

[trader4]

I don't know, but the generator head is made by Meccalte, an Italian manufacturer of real electric gear. You would think on a generator that costs $2800 you'd get electronic voltage regulation. But they apparently use a cap.

[Scott Dorsey]

No, read the patent! It's not related to magnetic amplifiers at all; nothing is operating in saturation. It is a very cool trick!

--scott

[anonymous]

replying to Pete S, anonymous wrote: sumec fireman....the smallest