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G8MNY  > TECH     25.04.17 09:41l 146 Lines 6080 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: PERFORMANCE POWER 1kW Genny
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Sent: 170425/0801Z @:GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO #:41821 [Caterham Surrey GBR]
From: G8MNY@GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO
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By G8MNY                                       (New Jun 16)
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I was given this 87cc genny, it was very clean & hardly used, but been garage
stored (some corrosion) for a few years. It was supplied by NuTools. In layout
it is very simular to my much bigger well used MEDUSA SIP2300 2.3kW one.

 ÜßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßÜ                Û  _________ðððð_________  Û Tube
Û/~~~~~~Tank~~~~~~~\Û               Û/"        6L Tank       "\Û Cage
Û-------------------Û      Fuel Tap Û==========================Û
ÛÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÂÄ/~~~Û      & filter\Ûo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~oÛ
Û        Tap(0)³elecÛ           STOPÛ  [] onø_ø±A±³øTrip       Û DC 1x 2Pin
ÛChoke //       \___Û         SWITCHÛo off  ³V³±C±³-| DC      oÛ AC 1x 13A
ÛÚÄÄÄÄ¿  /~~~~~\\.  ÛPull           ÛÂÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÂÂÛ
Û³In- ³,' /~~~\/\\  ÛStart          Û³F ³ENGINE   ³ð      ³  ³³Û
Û³Take³³ ³ ( ) ³  ³ Û               Û³A ³   oil(=)³ð ALT  ³  ³³Û
ÛÀÄÄÄÄÙ \ \___/  /  Û               Û³N ³ _____³_³³ð______³__³³Û
Û     Ú' ÚÄÄÄÄÄ¿ `¿ Û               ßÜÄÄÁÄÄÄÜÙ   ~~~      ÀÜÁÁÜß
ß"""""""""""""""""""ß                 ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß

STARTING ENGINE
It started on "easy start" ether spray OK. But the mixture was very lean & need
the choke partly on, to run for several minutes. (old Petrol?) I did strip down
the carb & clean the main jet. (a little better)

PETROL TAP
There is next to no tank sump, so an unlevel genny may result in fuel
starvation, dispite there being in quite a bit of fuel left. This not helped by
the "in the tank" hidden fuel filter & a fully "screwed in" tap.

                Ú¿
   Min Petrol   ³³-Filter
        Level---³³            So make sure the tap in only "just" (2 turns)
 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿__ÜÝÞÜ__ÚÄÄÄÄÄ   screwed into the tank, & then do up sealing Nut.
         Sump/ ±±±±\O ring
Unused thread - ÝÞ   & Nut
              /~~~~\
      Pipe ²²² (Þ ) ³
              \_Þ__/
                ÞTap

CIRCUIT
No circuit in the handbook etc. So I have reverse engineered the diagram.

   12V    F R O N T   240V AC            STOP
Charging  P A N E L    ÚÄÄÄÄÄ¿          ÚÄo\__
  ³+ -³                E    _³_         ³bk bk³     Earth
 3A Bridge          ÚN   L¿ ///        _³_    ³      _³_
 Rectifier          ³     ³            ///    ³      ///
  ³   ³             ÃMeter´                   ³
 4A*  ³             ³     4A                  ³
 Trip ³             ³    Trip                 ³
  ³ gn³             ³     ³                   ³
  ³gn ³  12u 450V   ³bk rd³           External³ Pointless
- í - í - - - - - - í - - í - - - - - - - - - ³ - - - - -
  ³   ³   ÚÄ´ÃÄÄ¿   ³     ³  ÚÄÄRÄÄ¿ | Magneto³ Coil
  ³   ³   íye yeí   ³bn bn³  ÃÄ´>ÃÄ´ |    ÚÄÄ()))))ÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
  ³.4ê³   ³ 9.6ê³   ³ 4.3ê³  ³     ³ |    ³0.2ê 5k6      ºEHT
  À())Ù   À(((()Ù   À(((()Ù  À(((()Ù |    ³        ÚÄ> <ͼ
   ===     =====     =====    =====  |   _³_      _³_ Plug
  Load    Exciter     Load    Rotor  |   ///      ///
        A L T E R N A T O R          |   F L Y W H E E L

ALTERNATOR EXCITATION
This is a brush less alternator, with the excitation of the rotor magnetically
charged up each half cycle from circulating 90ø out of phase currents from the
exciting 12uF capacitor. The rotor winding has a diode across (& back emf R) it
to maintain the current half a cycle after the kick (100 times a sec).
Excitation starting with the weak residual magnetic rotor field, needs at high
enough RPM (2000RPM) to overcome the rotor diode voltage drop, About 10% of the
power is needed for excitiation.

This system is more reliable than the DC to brushes & slip rings type, but it
does produce a slight kink in the load winding waveform & there is no
opportunity for voltage control other than engine RPM.

CHARGING (20V off load)
The genny came with the special DC plug & lead (- |) but the lead is short &
the trip was only 4A, & it trips all the time @ it's rated 5-6A charging
current, unless the RPM is well reduced. So I swapped it to a more reasonable
10A one.

The rectifier is only made from 4x 3A diodes inside the connector socket, with
no heat sink! To improve on this, I doubled up on the diodes, putting 4 more
1N5402 diodes on the copper side of the PCB. Note the current trip does not
prevent blowing the diodes on wrong battery polarity! So a 13A fuse in the
charging lead will help that!

AC REGULATION
This is a simple bob weight & spring RPM controlled governor, & alternator with
capacitor self exciting winding at 90ø to the load winding which gives some
load to voltage compenstion. On this generator these two features alone seem to
give quite good results.

  Load  Volts
    0W   240
  275W   237
  500W   235
  775W   230
 1000W   220
 1100W   215  Max Throttle!

IGNITION NOISE
This was quite high, noticable on HF - UHF, as there are NO suppression parts,
dispite the CE compliance markings etc. I did 3 things to get it down by 30dB.

1/ Change the spark plug for a resistive type (measures between 5K-15K) it
must be same reach & ideally same temp type.

2/ I added a non inductive 8K2 in series with spring inside the spark plug cap.
   (ÞßÝ part unscrewed)

                    .--------
                    | _==== < spike
 S=Shortened Spring | S Ú----
 R=8k2 bare ends    | R |
                    |ÞßÝ|
                    |   |
                    |   |

3/ Then I added a coax braid over the EHT lead & earthed it at the cylinder
head. The braid is kept insulated other than at the cylinder head end!

           .-----================================----- EHT Lead To
           |nÚ---================================ÄÄÄÄÄ Magneto coil
           ³~³  //        Added Coax Braid
          ÚÙ À¿ ||
          ݱ±±Þ || Braid earthed
Cylinder ÄÅÄÄÄÅÄÅÅ to head bolt
Head      À~u~Ù    with a tag.
       Spark Plug



See my TECH buls "Regulating 12V Generator Output", "MEDUSA SIP2300 Generator
info", "MEDUSA SIP2300 Generator Repairs", "Cheaper Generators" & "Petrol
Generators for /P SSB"


Y Don't U send an interesting bul?

73 de John G8MNY @ GB7CIP


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