Reactive power - Reactive Generator research from GotoLuc - discussion thread

[gotoluc]

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.

Yes, they are true RMS if the sine wave is clean!... I was just showing you what mine did the way you did so you could see the difference.

As far as explaining... your asking the wrong guy.

Luc

[gotoluc]

According to the manual, you have the following image file format options to save to:

bmp, pcx, tiff, rle, epsimage, jpeg

I would suggest trying tiff and jpeg. I don't see where one can change the resolution though.

btw, nice scope Luc. Where did you buy it?

Okay, I'll look into it. What if I connect it directly to my computer through USB is there an application for it?

The Scope is a loaner from Thane Heins

Luc

[gotoluc]

Luc, isn't your watt meter plugged into the output of your generator?

Never mind. I see that it is plugged into the AC feed to the genset, which is feeding your motor.

No!... it's connected across the gen exciter coil and cap.

Luc

[gotoluc]

I see, thanks.

So the gen exciter circuit requires about 60W. I wonder if that 60W increases as the gen is loaded?

As soon as you add a resistive load the power to prime mover goes up in the standard way. 10 watts out takes about 11watts in
Only the reactive circuit if tuned correct will have no effect but seems to have a limit of around 35 watts output.

So once you start drawing more than 30W from the gen, the motor power indicated on the meter starts to increase as well, and under 30W the motor power remains at a relatively steady 158W?

Yes, but I can make it go the other way also. Less watts to the load and drop the 158 watts to 120 watts if tuned that way. TinMan demonstrated this in his video.

Luc

[gotoluc]

Okay, here is a video demo of the circuit I was getting 90 watts out for an apparently smaller amount in.

Link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr2-qIX9G3U&feature=youtu.be

I'm off for a visit to my girl friend so won't be able to do anything more till Monday some time. I'll have my laptop and may answer questions.

Luc