bearthebruce
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- Joined
- Jul 26, 2018
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- Location
- Property is in Floyd County VA
- Tractor
- '05 Massey Ferguson 1533; '22 LS MT125
find something like this to plug into the genny outlet if it is a plug in genny.
I concur but I buy quality stuff and Fluke is quality plus if it read a certain amperage or voltage you can take that to the bank as correct.But there are cheaper ones other than Fluke.
Not something I've ever required. My standby is a diesel powered (John Deere) Generac 4 pole skewed wound head turning at 1800 governed rpm. It's rated at 34KW continuous and for my purposes, it's fine the way it is. Never loaded it to maximum rated output.a clamp on meter would be great but it wont work on the 50 amp cable plugged into the generator. My generator is 25 feet from the 50 amp outlet coming from the panel. It would be interesting somehow to have a readout mounted to the generator showing live output load.
I mounted three of these (one per phase) on the control box of my 10kw generator when I restored it. About $4 each. There are fancier ones available. It's always there, I can always get a reading on it and basic math will give me the Watts if I really need.a clamp on meter would be great but it wont work on the 50 amp cable plugged into the generator. My generator is 25 feet from the 50 amp outlet coming from the panel. It would be interesting somehow to have a readout mounted to the generator showing live output load.
How do you get it to read 220V? run the 2 legs through the clamp together?on mine, all the cables run inside a rubber sheath from the generator (round bottom portion) to the front panel. I'm still deciding if I want to open that sheath so I can access the individual wires with a clamo on meter, or just install a power display, something 'like" this, https://www.amazon.com/CrocSee-CRS-022B-Frequency-Multimeter-Transformer/dp/B07K3S4K9L
If you remove the 2 bolts from the end of the round generator, and pull the round cover off, all the wires are accessible to hook it up.
I also like fluke. Just didn't want the OP to think that was the only way to go when he saw the prices. When taken care of, Fluke seems to last forever.I concur but I buy quality stuff and Fluke is quality plus if it read a certain amperage or voltage you can take that to the bank as correct.
the clamp (current transformer) measures current/amps, not voltage.How do you get it to read 220V? run the 2 legs through the clamp together?