How does a portable generator work?
- Thursday Nov 26,2009 11:51 AM
- By diddy
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I understand that it powers your stuff. But how does it get power? How long can it run before losing it’s power? Please no physics, just a simple answer. Thanks!
So you pour gasoline into it?
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A portable generator has a motor, gas, diesel, whatever fuel. This is used to turn either a DC generator or Ac alternator. If an alternator the electricity is converted to Dc by rectifiers. Then an inverter converts the DC to Ac at the correct frequency. It runs as long as there is fuel
It has a generator that is run by a gas engine which makes electricity.
If you know how a motor turns then in its simplest terms, a generator is a backwards motor. Electricity powers the motor. In a generator an engine turns the motor producing electricity.
Its about passing wires through magnetic fields and such.
A generator has a gas or diesel engine that turns a motor that makes electric. It runs until it burns up all the fuel in the tank.
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But how does it get power? = it makes its own, to share with you, it turns a fossil fuel into electricity
How long can it run before losing it’s power? = until its fuel is gone (depending on the size of the fuel tank, rough measure is 8 hours on half load on its tank of fuel)
When it spins a magnet rotates. it then spins past two collectors. The north and south sides of the magnet alternates NSNSNSNSNSNS and electricity is made and sent into the wires..
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