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General / Re: T553WYJ - Whos got it now?
« on: 27 June 2018, 10:37:48 am »
My old one is for sale on ebay at the moment!!
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Is that 3KVA at peak power? As that would only be about 1.5KVA at normal sustained level.
You can buy an uprated AVR for most generators but it might burn out the alternator over time. Much better to bite the bullet and get a larger generator.
A mate of mine has no mains electric and generates his own power. One day he came round to ask what I knew about generators as both of his weren't giving any output. After a brief reply of "Nothing" I went round to look. Luckily one of the gennies had worn the brushes out while the other had blown the AVR - I managed to swap the brushes over and got one working.
Looking on ebay I found replacement brushes for a couple of quid a set so I bought 3 sets. The AVR was about £45. There are many cheaper AVR's on ebay but when you investigate further they are not pure sine wave and are you going to trust an AVR that's only a fiver?
I've learnt a fair bit about generators which is a good job because he brought another one round the other day that needs fixing.
I suppose the other option would be to make sure you've a good stash of 1 and 2 euro coins,so there'd be no problem in the rain and no hidden charges.Calais to Reims is roughly 14 euros on a bike.