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  1. rixtalbert

    950 KW Genset Rectifier Fuses

    Dear Engineers, I have a client that is using a 950KW Cat to run a Rock crusher plant. The output voltage is 480 three phase. The unit is probably 20 years old and had a $90,000 dollar rebuild about a year and a half ago! We are running the set at near peak output and over the last year it has...
  2. rixtalbert

    Genset fuel consumption and/or additional load capacity

    Jbartos.... I have not recorded the acutal RPM speed during runs and loading. Voltage variance is roughly 447 to 471 VAC for very short periods of 10 sec. But a 1 hour recording shows it is continually changing between these ranges and I feel they are directly related to larger aggreates...
  3. rixtalbert

    Genset fuel consumption and/or additional load capacity

    I know for a fact that coming from a background of no engineering background that I have gone through my adult life reading everything I can get my hands on from microcontrollers up to high voltage distribution lines. Coming from a modest electrical background I have read several articles that...
  4. rixtalbert

    Genset fuel consumption and/or additional load capacity

    Dear engineers; If there is anything such as short and sweet answers I cannot find any data or studies on this one. It may be obvious to the educated in the field. The situation is that I have a client in the quarry industry that is running a 930 KW CAT genset.The unit is D399. Roughly 20 years...
  5. rixtalbert

    Barcode reader to PLC

    I also wish not know about MES! Is it an Allen Bradley PLC? What is the Brand of the scanner?

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