On Jan 14, 10:04*pm, Transition Zone wrote:
On Jan 13, 4:02*pm, "
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On Jan 13, 3:44*pm, Transition Zone wrote:

On Jan 13, 3:40*pm, Transition Zone wrote: On Jan 12, 5:10*pm, "Existential Angst" wrote: Awl --

In a portable generator.

Does one type of load vs the other make it more difficult for a typical
portable generator to maintain constant voltage?
Esp at a current approaching the continuous current limit of the generator.

I ask bec the mfr claims 1-2% regulation. *A small miller welder is causing
12%+ variation, within the current limitations, with the voltage variation
being fairly proportional to load. *I'm assuming a transformer load is
substantially inductive?

* *I haven't yet tested it with purely resistive loads, *cuz, *well,

*PURELY resistive? **Where in the heck would you find a PURELY
RESISTIVE

*load?

Oh, Attenuators. I didn't know that. *I guess that part of the circuit
is purely resistive or resistive/inductive.

(I just looked up "purely resistive")

An electric heating element, like a range element, toaster,
*heater without a fan, water heater, light bulb etc are examples.

* *They all have some theoretical small inductance, capacitance,
*too, *but it's so tiny it can be ignored. *The voltage and current

*through those devices is in phase.

I mean, you know. To be technical, in DC/AC/Grounding in electrician
school, they teach you that nothing is "purely resistive"

True. But electric heaters are near as dammit for practical purposes.