Nefarious Mind
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- Buffalo, NY
Hello all,
Let me begin by giving some background on my situation:
I work for a company that manufactures and tests large diesel engines, many of which produce 750-1200hp, and we are installing a new dyno room ( a room to test and measure engine performance ). A portion of the test includes a load test. The generator on this motor is a DC generator that produces 650 amps at 28VDC. We stress test the generator/motor by applying a load via a load bank. We are looking to utilize our existing load bank for both dyno rooms. I'm looking for a switching solution that will allow us to switch from dyno room #1 to dyno room #2.
Conceptually I'm looking for a 3 position switching ability: Dyno 1/OFF/Dyno 2. The issue I'm running into is the amperage capacity of various switches. Most do not accommodate 650A. It is also important to know that we don't actually test at that amperage very often. Generally speaking we run it at 50 amps and 200 amps of load. Lastly,because we test at various loads we have 10 quantity #10 wires coming from the load bank to a copper bus bar that connects to the generator. So we need run 10ct #10 wires to each of the dyno rooms... just something to keep in the back of your mind.
Oh and as always lets be budget friendly... otherwise we would have just bought a second load bank and control panel.
Thanks for reading.
Let me begin by giving some background on my situation:
I work for a company that manufactures and tests large diesel engines, many of which produce 750-1200hp, and we are installing a new dyno room ( a room to test and measure engine performance ). A portion of the test includes a load test. The generator on this motor is a DC generator that produces 650 amps at 28VDC. We stress test the generator/motor by applying a load via a load bank. We are looking to utilize our existing load bank for both dyno rooms. I'm looking for a switching solution that will allow us to switch from dyno room #1 to dyno room #2.
Conceptually I'm looking for a 3 position switching ability: Dyno 1/OFF/Dyno 2. The issue I'm running into is the amperage capacity of various switches. Most do not accommodate 650A. It is also important to know that we don't actually test at that amperage very often. Generally speaking we run it at 50 amps and 200 amps of load. Lastly,because we test at various loads we have 10 quantity #10 wires coming from the load bank to a copper bus bar that connects to the generator. So we need run 10ct #10 wires to each of the dyno rooms... just something to keep in the back of your mind.
Oh and as always lets be budget friendly... otherwise we would have just bought a second load bank and control panel.
Thanks for reading.