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G8MNY  > TECH     15.03.09 00:46l 106 Lines 5830 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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By G8MNY                                       (Updated Aug 08)
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I bought a MEDUSA SIP2300 4 stroke petrol generators as the were so cheap (just
in case we have power cuts!). It is the same generator as the WOLF 2.3kW.

It is fairly quiet @ 73dBA @ 4m. The large 12 l tank gives approx 10 hours run
time. It is not too heavy @ 83kg full, 41kg dry, to move it by oneself (only on
& off a low level trolley & lift into van etc!).

                                        Gauge   Filler
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Û    Tap(0)   ³elec Û           STOPÛÞ [] øOK ³ on³  " AC "    ÝÛ  AC
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ÛÚÄÄÄÄ¿  /~~~~~\\.  ÛPull           Û³~~""---..........---""~~³³Û
Û³In- ³,' /~~~\//\\ ÛStart          Û³F ³ENGINE      |     |  ³³Û
Û³Take³³ ³ ( ) ³  ³ Û               Û³A ³       (=)oil ALT |  ³³Û
ÛÀÄÄÄÄÙ \ \___/  /  Û               Û³N ³  _____³_³__|_____|  ³³Û
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I have modified it for /P contesting, to power several 400W valve PAs for as
per my bul on "Petrol Gennys for /P SSB". With my rev up modification (add a
solenoid for FEED FORWARD compensation) the measured performance is now...

Generator      Unmodified                   Modified   
 Load kW        Volts  Hz               Volts  Hz  Uplift %
   0             250   55                250   55    0
  0.1            235   54                238   55    0.3
  1.0            225   53                234   55    4
  2.0 Rated      215   51                235   55    6.4
  2.3 Old Peak   200   49                233   55   16.5
  2.5            190   47                235   55   23.7
  3.0 New peak   180   45 33% throttle   220   54   22.2  @ FULL THROTTLE!

It is not intended that continious loads over 2kW be used, just speech peaks
etc. to go to 3kW peak load. Before the modification it was not possible to
activate the 10A thermal output trip on good power factor loads, after this mod
it is now possable!

At 50Hz you only get 225V output, but it is more economical to use lower RPM if
the peak power is not needed! There is no 2 speed option for this, but a long
screwdriver will adjust it OK. Note the off load voltage is quite a bit higher
than even with a 100W lamp.

Other Mods I did were..
1/ Added earth bonding from engine, to frame, & to the electric panel plate.
2/ Added earth lead & earth clip for external earth stake.
3/ Added engine ignition lead screening, & made a screen tube for the plug cap.
4/ Painted Alternator casing black to imporve dissapation.

CIRCUIT
I have reverse engineered the diagram...
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 ³      Neon   10A    ³          | /_\ _³_              _³_    |  bk/³  ³  ³
 ³       ³    Trip    ³bk        |  ³  \_/Q2          Q1\_/    |   wh³  ³  ³
 ³       ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄ´     ³          |  ³   ³\     ÚZD  ____/³     |     ³  ³  ³
 ³              ³rd   ³  Added   |  ³   ³ Ã47êÄ´<ÃÄ´     ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ  ³  ³
 ³  25u 450V    ³     ³Solenoid  |  ³   ³ ³        ÀÄ200ê´     |       Oil ³
 ³  ÚÄ´ÃÄ¿(155V)³     ³-------¿  | 50ê  ³ ÀÄÂÄÄÂÄÄÂÄÄÄ¿ +³C1   |      Neon ³
 ³  ³    ³      ³     ³ ===== ³  |  ³   ³  _³_ 1k ³C2 ³ ===47u |        ³  ³
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 ³  ³    ³      ³     ³          |        P C B       ³        |           ³
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 ³  ³or  ³or    ³rd   ³bk  |          __  oil       bk³              bk/wh ³
 ³  ³1.4ê³      ³1.8ê ³    | Timing |(  ÃÄo/oÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ         Ú5kÄÄÄÄ¿   ³
_³_ À((()Ù ==== À(((()Ù    | Pickup |(  ÀÄ´ÃÄÄÙ               Spark  ||(6k ³
///  ==== Ú(((()¿ ====     |  -2V   _³_  1n ?                 Plug   ||(___³
          ÀÄ´>ÃÄÙ          |        ///                              ||( 1ê
     A L T E R N A T O R   |   C R A N K C A S E        M A G N E T O _³_
                           |                ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿               ///
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                                      FRAME///       /// COWLING

ELECTRONIC IGNITION
The electronic ignition works in a strange way, as top dead centre approaches a
voltage of -80V or so is made by the magneto primary, this is shorted out when
the timing pulse triggers the SCR, shorting this voltage & producing an
ignition voltage in the magneto secondary.

Only one wire from the crankcase handles both the timing & the oil status. If
low oil, the crankcase oil switch is not made, & the ignition is killed after
the oil warning neon light was lit for 30 seconds.

Does anyone really understand the operation of this ignition circuit?

Any feedback on the working of it would be appreciated.


Y Don't U send an interesting bul?

73 de John G8MNY @ GB7CIP


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