[BARC-List] Waveform of Costco generator vs Honda vs Dayton

[Richard Amirault]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Forster"


> The Costco waveform does not look much like an inverter output. In
> addition to the glitches, there is also considerable high frequency
> ringing.
>
> Were the generators OC or under load for the pics? If under load, what was
> the load?
>
> Could the glitch have been caused by a something like an SCR or TRIAC
> dimmer? Or, perhaps the Costco unit does voltage regulation with a phase
> controller from it's output to the DC field?
>
> A simple way to tell is does the glitch position shift earlier with
> varying resistive load.
>

The generator was not under load when I photographed the waveform.

Richard Amirault
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