[BC] Chicago generators

[Mark A Garrett]

Richard:

Is your Generac one of the permanent home installed units or is it a portable unit.  Do you know if the generator portions are made differently for the permanent home based units.  The reason for asking is that the National Weather Service replaced their failed Onan unit with a Generac home unit and so far the transmitter seems to like it. 

Mark Garrett
Tri States Public Radio

From:RichardBJohnson at comcast.net

Also note that many of these portable generators are designed to run power saws and the like at construction sites. As such, they are designed to have the lowest weight possible which translates to a very high operating magnetic field. This means high distortion as the alternator field runs many thousands of kilogauss.

It is likely that your audio gear will not "like" the power and if you have a SS transmitter, it may have problems as well. I have a Genrac for running my house during a power failure. My APC standby computer power supplies don't "like" the power and I occasionally burn out smoke detectors when I run it as well. It is, however, very reliable and starts even when gold-soaked to New England Winter temperatures.

Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike McCarthy" mre.com>

 CRUD....

It's a cheap import.  Besides, 6500W with a cruddy alternator is insufficient for a 1KW station.  Especially with the BE-1A's picky power supplies.