Generator Hassles

On 9 Aug 2010 11:02:02 GMT, Jasen Betts <jasen_at_xnet.co.nz> wrote:

On 2010-08-08, Jon <jon8338_at_peoplepc.com> wrote:

If the service power turns on during that 1 second, the
generator power and service power will clash and throw a 50 amp breaker to
the generator.

if you're lucky.


Actually it'll probably blow his generator, and resolve the problem
almost immediately... With luck, Jon will be fondleing it at the time.

...

He can't back-feed to the grid any way pussy, The grid power is so much
powerful than his funky generator, it will smoke first or nothing will
happen depending on the polarity of the flow.

True, but he tried not to do that, that's why he struggled with his transfer
circuit.

On 9/08/2010 12:50 AM, Jon wrote:
The electrical service goes to the house. There are 3 underground 000
cables that go to the barn from the house. The barn has a 60 amp breaker
in the breaker box at the house. The 12,000 watt generator is in the
barn. It has a 50 amp 240vac outlet, a 30 amp 240vac outlet and several
others. I am hooking the 50 amp outlet to the house. I am using the same
3 underground 000 cables to send generator power to the house during a
power outage.

A 90 amp contactor in the barn won't connect the generator to the house
unless:
1. The electrical service to the house is off, and
2. The service disconnect switch at the house is off.

When the generator is turned on, it tests the service disconnect at the
house to assure the above two conditions are met. This is done by
sending a 1 second electrical pulse to the house to see if it will
actuate a coil. If the coil actuates, the 90 amp contactor latches open
and prevents backfeed into the grid. If the service power turns on
during that 1 second, the generator power and service power will clash
and throw a 50 amp breaker to the generator.

http://jons-math.bravehost.com/transfer.html




I'd have thought the grid operator would want a cast-iron guarantee that
you won't backfeed the grid, lest you enliven wires that linesmen think
are dead.

What's wrong with a DPDT relay?

Psychiatric medication...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatric_medication

We don't care about your communication failures.

Psychiatric medication...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatric_medication

Josepi wrote:

We don't care about your communication failures.


You seem to be the one who can't communicate, but I really don't
care.

After you failed to robbed IRAQ, now you robbed your own people, stealing
their houses on a GRAND THEFT scheme, banks changing the rule to rob,
bail-out money went to the wrong hands....

I call this a Karma of Ignorants.

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell_at_earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:W_WdnWc1Lo5bcfnRnZ2dnUVZ_tmdnZ2d_at_earthlink.com...

Josepi wrote:

We don't care about your communication failures.


You seem to be the one who can't communicate, but I really don't
care.

Actually you are the one Michael Asshole Terrell.

Jon tried his best,

you don't have experience as much as he does in high
power,

he did 95% right,

so, you're a military Junk.

If you think you're
smart, why didn't you help him?

On Aug 9, 6:51 pm, Proteus IIV <proteus...@gmail.com> wrote:
I AM NO PHYSICIAN BUT
HE SOUNDS LIKE THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT A DOSE OR TWO OF LISERGIC ACID
WOULD SET HIS MENTAL STATE RIGHT
JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE ON HIS LITTLE PRIVATE TRIP THROUGH LA LA LAND IN
A ROOM FULL OF ART AND UPDATED ELECTRONIC GADGETRY []

That's not the point, he might hurt himself, set fire to his barn or
kill himself.