Re: AC line generator (60 hz) characteristics

From: John Woodgate (jmw_at_jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk)
Date: 10/02/04 

Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 17:21:32 +0100

I read in sci.electronics.design that Joerg <notthisjoergsch@removethisp
acbell.net> wrote (in <D0A7d.23156$QJ3.12959@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>
) about 'AC line generator (60 hz) characteristics', on Sat, 2 Oct 2004:

>This is off topic here but I have seen it happen: A guy had fun revving
>engines so he tried that on a generator by grabbing that little link
>lever on the governor. "Vrooooomm". Everything connected to this
>generator died instantly.

We have had problems in rural areas where the grid supply is down and
the supplier provides a temporary generator. The agricultural lads spray
a tractor starting aerosol into the air intake, which makes the diesel
engine speed up faster than the governor can compensate. Of course, they
are rarely caught in the act, but there are a lot of damaged appliances
as a result. The EMC filters usually undergo 'spontaneous high-energy
dis-assembly'. 

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