Has a toasted inverter board. 2 big capacitors have fried themselves off the board, board is potted and I doubt I'll be able to dig it out without damaging a SMD component on the board
New board is $533, new generator is $579. Brand new generator, not worth fixing...
So, what would you do with an unregulated 3-phase alternator hooked to a 125CC engine ??? I would prefer to use it as a generator, but building a MPPT inverter with stepper motor control for the throttle is a little over my head.
What are the power output ratings of the inverter section? More or less just curious but maybe the numbers will help something click. ???
Quote from: MountainDon on October 18, 2011, 08:01:11 PM
What are the power output ratings of the inverter section? More or less just curious but maybe the numbers will help something click. ???
The unit is a generac ix2000. The stator wires are relatively thin so I'm assuming the input voltage to the inverter section is fairly high
Quote from: Rob_O on October 18, 2011, 07:13:29 PM
Has a toasted inverter board. 2 big capacitors have fried themselves off the board, board is potted and I doubt I'll be able to dig it out without damaging a SMD component on the board
New board is $533, new generator is $579. Brand new generator, not worth fixing...
So, what would you do with an unregulated 3-phase alternator hooked to a 125CC engine ??? I would prefer to use it as a generator, but building a MPPT inverter with stepper motor control for the throttle is a little over my head.
Yikes. Maybe rectify it to DC, run it wide open, and feed it into a Vicor DC / DC power supply to get regulated 12, 24 or 48V output to charge a heavy battery bank?
Quote from: NM_Shooter on October 18, 2011, 09:24:25 PM
Yikes. Maybe rectify it to DC, run it wide open, and feed it into a Vicor DC / DC power supply to get regulated 12, 24 or 48V output to charge a heavy battery bank?
Or...
Feed it to a heavy duty UPS for AC.
I picked up a bunch of them for $5.00 each from county surplus.