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  1. quabillion

    To fuse or not to fuse?

    I was told by an old timer that the fuse protects the motor and the breaker protects the wire.
  2. quabillion

    Diesel generator excite /upgrade issues

    Update waross; I installed a 3.5uf 450volt capacitor (metal case) onto the gen head, next to the OEM cap, wired it to be put into parallel when the load is >20amps, via the current sensing relay. i also found that the govner(sp?) is setup to maintain very tight rpm range, so even at full load...
  3. quabillion

    Diesel generator excite /upgrade issues

    itsmoked; yes i can see 2 diodes mounted on the rotor and there is also windings on the rotor that the diodes are connected to. nothing else visible. waross; When you say "add a little more capacity" are you meaning more capacitor capacity? If so i belive that i can rectify this issue with...
  4. quabillion

    Diesel generator excite /upgrade issues

    Ok, first post, hello to all. Now to the issue at hand. I have a Leroy Somer gen head mod#176427 / 90 and the mfg. label indicates "ACC excite" in the avr model number location. The generator does work right now but, A) i cannot figure out how it does work and B) i want to upgrade to an...
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