Gary Fowler
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- Joined
- Jun 23, 2008
- Messages
- 11,998
- Location
- Bismarck Arkansas
- Tractor
- 2009 Kubota RTV 900, 2009 Kubota B26 TLB & 2010 model LS P7010
Voltage is allowed to fluctuate and still work but the 60 cycles needs to be really dead on for everything to work right. For instance even your electricity from the power company might be anywhere from 110-120 volts but kilocycles must be a 60 dead nuts. Just checking the voltage may or may not give you the correct 60 cycles. An electric clock would run slow or fast if cycles were low or high respectively but it may take several minutes to ascertain the noted difference. One other problem with tractor mounted generation is that the governors don't respond as well to loads as they should so when a load comes on /off, the RPM will fluctuate which will cause not only current but cycle fluctuation.One thing I wouldn't like about this unit is it capable of 45 amps at 240 volts but only has a 30 amp recepticle. if running a house during a power outage this could be a problem. I bought one very similar about 10 years ago. Also made in Italy, Identical gear box. Mine didn't come with the outlet panel, just the wires sticking out. I had to build my own outlet panel and added a volt meter but it stopped working. Now I just use my hand held tester to set the rpm to give 240 volts.