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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 392568" data-attributes="member: 6969"><p>Sounds a fun project. One we all want to see running on youtube.</p><p></p><p>The normal thing with a genset like this is earth the star point at the generator.</p><p></p><p>Do you really need to run it at full 100A load? if it's just for fun would a lower power load do? It just seems you are going to burn a lot of fuel just to heat up a remote shed (that's nearly 70KW of heat to get rid of you know!!!!) </p><p></p><p>Normally when sizing a cable you take into account volt drop so the voltage at the load remains within acceptable limits, so a long run of cable ends up with a bigger cable than needed just to handle the current. But in this case I wouldn't bother with that, just size the cable to carry the load current.</p><p></p><p>5 more posts and we can see some pictures, unless an admin comes along and upgrades your posting rights (please)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 392568, member: 6969"] Sounds a fun project. One we all want to see running on youtube. The normal thing with a genset like this is earth the star point at the generator. Do you really need to run it at full 100A load? if it's just for fun would a lower power load do? It just seems you are going to burn a lot of fuel just to heat up a remote shed (that's nearly 70KW of heat to get rid of you know!!!!) Normally when sizing a cable you take into account volt drop so the voltage at the load remains within acceptable limits, so a long run of cable ends up with a bigger cable than needed just to handle the current. But in this case I wouldn't bother with that, just size the cable to carry the load current. 5 more posts and we can see some pictures, unless an admin comes along and upgrades your posting rights (please) [/QUOTE]
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