[Elecraft] FW: FW: K3: KPA500 on a generator?

[Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF]

Whenever I run my gear from a generator (Which in Far Nth Queensland is a fair bit of the time!) I always run one or two 100Watt spotlights with the genset, no matter if it is day or night.
On my little genset, which is a 900W continuous load unit, 1 100W floodlight is enough, the bigger gensets will generally require 2 100W floodlights to be running for the same effect.

73 de

Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF
Innisfail, QLD, Australia
Elecraft K3# 4257 + PR6 - K144XV = multiband goodness!

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Brendan Minish 
  To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 6:41 AM
  Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FW: FW: K3: KPA500 on a generator?


  It should be fine, about the only thing you may need to do is put a 
  couple of hundred watts of base load on it or it may not run very 
  smoothly with the big changes in load that will go with keying
  This would apply with any linear mind you

  On 18/02/2011 18:36, David Cutter wrote:
  > Thanks, Jim, got the message.
  >
  > Now, I would like to use the K3+KPA500 with an unused Briggs and Stratton
  > 2kVA generator that I fancy for portable work.   It's probably the last of
  > the "old style" ie no inverter technology.  I don't expect Elecraft to test
  > their kit with all and sundry generators that were ever built, but there
  > might some lore about VA ratings and on/off ratios.
  >
  > Any advice welcome.
  >
  > David
  > G3UNA
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >> On 2/18/2011 1:05 AM, David Cutter wrote:
  >>> This is of interest to me, but is there an implication that the K3 +
  >>> KPA500
  >>> MUST have an "advanced inverter technology" generator - providing "stable
  >>> power for computers and more" variety of modern generator?
  >>
  >> NO! The issue is the GENERATOR being happy and running well with a
  >> pulsed load current that is a fairly high percentage of its rated
  >> current.  My much bigger Honda EU6500 will run a LONG time in economy
  >> mode with SMALL loads, but will stagger to its knees with the heavy load
  >> of well motors. To run those pumps, which cycle on and off periodically,
  >> I have to run the generator in "Normal" mode, which burns a lot more
  >> petrol.
  >>
  >> See my earlier post about using a 2000i on a CQP expedition with a 500W
  >> amp.  It ran just fine, and I'm sure that the gen would be equally happy
  >> with the KPA500.
  >>
  >> 73, Jim K9YC
  >
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