[Vwdiesel] Genset RPM and Diesels

[Area31 Research Facility]

Loren,

You seem to be addressing the comments of several contributors.  I said
nothing about variable speed transmissions.

Up to a certain power setting on the welder the engine would drop RPM and
then the governor could pull it back to speed quickly after the welding arc
was struck.  Above a certain current setting the engine RPM would drop and
not recover. It was a case of overloading the engine.

Rob


----- Original Message -----
From: <LBaird119 at aol.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Genset RPM and Diesels


>   Why would you want a variable speed transmission?  Seems to me
> you'd want to run at peak torque and keep[ the engine at that speed.
> The engine puts out the most power for fuel at that point.  Perhaps
> running a bit above it would be best so that when the load increases
> and the governor kicks in, it's at peak torque for maintaining/recovering
> speed.  I was going to look up where the peak torque is on the 1.5 but
> I can't seem to find my copy of the SAE paper with the graph on it.
>
>   So did the arc welder exceed the capacity of the generator at
> that speed or was the engine unable to maintain speed with
> that load?
>      Loren
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