Micro CoGen.

Thanks guys.

Thanks, I will look in to renting one sometime in the near future.
Randy

That's probably what I need.... where would one rent one of those?
Randy

I did read it carefully. My question was not about "if" grounding is needed it was about the statement Henry made about using two 8 foot rods six feet apart. How did he determine that was needed for "proper" grounding?

Quote from: Henry W on September 29, 2012, 04:26:42 PM
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In order for me to get proper grounding I had to drive two 8 foot grounding rods in the ground. I spaced them six feet apart from each other. I used 8 gauge copper grounging wire that ties to both grounding rods on one end and the other gets bonded directly to the generator housing.


Henry

Yup... Resurrecting and old thread but.... how do you determine if you have proper grounding? I thought just pounding a rod into the ground was good enough.

Randy

Excellent wet stacking info. Thanks

Makes a lot more sense now. Each leg will carry 3.75 kw so I size the transformer to approximately 3.75 kw, give or take a few watts.

Quote from: Tom on August 08, 2017, 09:53:39 PM
For load balancing there would be a max difference 3.75kw so a 3kw transformer would handle 99.9% of the situations. Yes my st5 would have one leg go low 104v and the other high 130v when the 120v well pump ran. The legs stay within 5v of each other now. To small of a transformer will just limit how much balancing it will do.

Tom, So you are saying that since each leg will see about 3.75kw I only need a 3kw-ish transformer?. This is where I am confused. I thought if I was pulling a total of 7.5kw I would need at least a 7.5kw step-up transformer to balance my loads.

Tom, I looked up the Outback earlier today and saw the instructions. The Outback is very expensive. If all I need is a 10Kw step up transformer I can get them for significantly less but I'm not sure what size I need. Thanks for the info. Did you have issues before installing the transformer?

Additionally. Since I have a 7.5Kw head should I be looking for a 10Kw step up transformer?

Ok guys, today's question is: I have an ST 7.5kw generator. Still building the system up but I'm looking into the future and the possibility I'll have unbalanced loads (it'll be wired for 240). So, what type of transformer do I need to balance the load? and how is it wired?

Thanks!

Thanks for the advice guys. I am somewhat confused as I know nothing about O-Scopes. All I really want to do is look at my sine wave from my 3 ST Gen heads and maybe my inverter.
Usually when I buy a piece of equipment I buy the biggest most powerful there is but in this case I'm not too sure. So, here is what I'm thinking of:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071F1H3PG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AHHRXUADSMZS7&psc=1
Seems simple and straight forward for what I want.

OR....  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RJPXB6Y/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A15QN6QABYC6HS&psc=1

What do you think? If I buy the little guy am I going to regret not getting the bigger one?

Hey guys, It's been many moons since I posted on here. I've finally put my Cat/Perkins 402d together, mated to a 7.5kW ST head. I'm looking to buy an O-scope but know absolutely nothing about them. Any advice would be appreciated. Money isn't an issue per say but I'm thinking I'd be willing to spend  few hundred $$ Thanks!

What ever happened with this? If I recall there was going to be an order for Redstone parts.

Gonna give it a shot this weekend.