Uhhh, thanks...I guess...right...the manufacturer....salesmen....underqualified staff....oh wait, the power company....if only they subscribed to this website so they could post a detailed technical answer....that would be too easy. But you're right to electrically isolate the load...
I've built lots of little gadgets using Radio Shack kits. Their motor kits are actually quite good. There are many ways to translate rotary into linear motion and there is no difficulty in translating the linear into curvilinear motion. All for less than 20 bucks! The RC (remote control) stuff...
Having read about harmonic interaction within exciter fields due to UPS, I'm wondering if anyone has real world experience in operating gensets with UPS gear (poly or single phase). If you can also suggest reactors that are commonly used to correct over voltage conditions within the gen, that...