Reactive power - Reactive Generator research from GotoLuc - discussion thread

[gotoluc]

Here is a zip of the original file.

BTW, the load is 15 Ohm 1% 50w resistors connected to 3 Series 12v batteries at 37 volts DC, so no error on power to the load.

It's 1:25am and been a long day, so I'm closing up for the night. I'll pickup more of my 12v batteries from storage tomorrow so we can see how far we can take this.

Stay tuned and please try to find the error as this is too simple!

Luc

[tinman]

Probably because I open them in windows image viewer and use screenshot pilot and make a png file so I can upload then. This site is not accepting bitmap (Tek regular file format) for some reason.

Luc

Hi Luc
Dose your scope have a USB output?-this is how i take my screen shot's.I then open the saved file on the thumb drive in windows paint,and save as a JPEG.They come out just as i see it on the scope.

[poynt99]

Really!... mine is just a raw transformer with 2 screws on each side, so only hot an neutral is connected on in and on scope side I don't connect the ground to anything. So how can ground be carried over?

Luc

Mine does, and I think most variacs do too. Just saying that they can, but yours apparently doesn't.

[poynt99]

Here is a zip of the original file.

BTW, the load is 15 Ohm 1% 50w resistors connected to 3 Series 12v batteries at 37 volts DC, so no error on power to the load.

It's 1:25am and been a long day, so I'm closing up for the night. I'll pickup more of my 12v batteries from storage tomorrow so we can see how far we can take this.

Stay tuned and please try to find the error as this is too simple!

Luc

I'm not sure I'm following you there Luc. What are you doing exactly?

[tinman]

Quote Poynt: btw, I tried your little trick of using a x1 voltage probe as a "current probe" while setting up the channel to measure current directly with the proper scaling. Seems to work ok.  Sorry for giving you a hard time about that.

This is what it's all about guy's-even the best have things they can still learn.

Luc
In regards to your last video-something seems not right. Are your DMM's reading rms voltage?. The reason i ask is this.
The prime mover uses 157-158 watt's-with or with out the reactive circuit switched on.
Without the reactive circuit switched on,your exciter circuit meters read this- 167.2volts @ 1.405 amp's. This is 234.916 watt's -asumeing a power factor of 1.

Poynt-How can we get the power factor of the tank circuit?. If i place my scope across the cap for volts,and use a CSR for amp's,and the two wave forms are in phase,dose this mean a power factor of 1?.