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Generators / Can ST 5 voltage be increased
« on: October 13, 2009, 12:12:36 AM »
Increasing voltage on ST5
At full 5K load and 59 cps voltage is just hovering 110. Suddenly Dropping the load sees the voltage to go up to 126 momentary and come back down to about 114 at 60 cycle. Max frequency change is from 58 at measured 6K load to a tad over 62 when the load is dropped. I was wondering about increasing the voltage slightly. Would a bit of capacitance across the field be a consideration.
Wish I knew the size wire on the two additional unused leads in the doghouse that show 5 volts AC. and wonder where they are located in relation to the Z Windings. It has been discussed what their purpose is but had the thought that their output could be used with a variable resistor to augment the z windings but they might not be heavy enough or in phase with them.
Maybe just a case of too much time on my hands, Lol! really wont be surprised if someone tells me "if it aint broke, dont fix it"!
At full 5K load and 59 cps voltage is just hovering 110. Suddenly Dropping the load sees the voltage to go up to 126 momentary and come back down to about 114 at 60 cycle. Max frequency change is from 58 at measured 6K load to a tad over 62 when the load is dropped. I was wondering about increasing the voltage slightly. Would a bit of capacitance across the field be a consideration.
Wish I knew the size wire on the two additional unused leads in the doghouse that show 5 volts AC. and wonder where they are located in relation to the Z Windings. It has been discussed what their purpose is but had the thought that their output could be used with a variable resistor to augment the z windings but they might not be heavy enough or in phase with them.
Maybe just a case of too much time on my hands, Lol! really wont be surprised if someone tells me "if it aint broke, dont fix it"!