hockeyoligist2
Senior Member
- Location
- close to greenville sc
We have a lot of generators, some portable, some permanent. Several have transformers to step up or down the voltage. I got to thinking, what kind of damage may result from starting them with the load of the transformers? I'm talking about just the transformer with no load on the secondary side.
The permanent ones have auto switch gear after the transformer. The portables plug in to manual switch gear and sometimes someone may forget to turn off the breaker before starting.
Could/would this damage or shorten the life of the generator?
The permanent ones have auto switch gear after the transformer. The portables plug in to manual switch gear and sometimes someone may forget to turn off the breaker before starting.
Could/would this damage or shorten the life of the generator?