Generator sizing, electronic loads, and load bank.

[Fulthrotl]

The A/C will act as a load bank if it will run year round. The load bank would be if it were a diesel and you needed it to load past 50% load, avoiding wet stacking.

yeah, what he said.

i've only seen load banks used in the 1 megawatt range, on a data center i
did, and the load bank was only used to load the generator when it was ran
once a week, so it wouldn't run under no load, and get gummy.

load bank on a little one...? when i was breaking in my little honda 2kw
portable, i plugged in a hair dryer.... a 1500 watt load bank.... :smile:

 

[JES2727]

The generator controls are confused by the electronic loads and keep trying to change the frequency and voltage to what the generator output is supposed to be, but is always a step behind the load and the voltage and frequency output from the generator is not steady.

Thanks for the explanation Don. Makes perfect sense....