Re: portable generator

[Richard George <rkg@teleport.com>]

Hi,

When I tested out my generator, I used several space heaters for a load 
- you can then measure across them
to check the loaded vs. unloaded voltage...

Best,

rkg
(Richard George)

John T. Blair wrote:

>At 04:13 PM 2/19/2006 -0500, Gordie's Garage wrote:
>  
>
>>>The last time I used my portable generator, it seemed as 
>>>though it was not putting out the power it should. Is there a 
>>>easy way to field test it to see how much electricity it is 
>>>putting out ?
>>>      
>>>
>
>
>The only real way is with what they call a dummy load.  You'll need to
>
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