Are you familiar with Armory Lovins at Rocky Mountain Institute and Bill Mollison of Permaculture fame ?

Should have just done a voiceover when gen was running.

HAPPY EASTER TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY MR CARLSON. ⚘⚘⚘⚘

27000 watts- sounds good

FYI, get yourself some centre drills instead of small drills. The stubbier length for the start portion makes them a heck of a lot stouter than small sizes of drill making them perfect for starting holes. If you're lucky, you can even find them paired up for common dimensions. And yes, they do make them in small sizes. I've even seen them with 1mm starter drills paired up for a 3 or 4mm hole. Worth having a few around. Bonus: easy to sharpen, the flutes are simpler in design and they come with two ends. So you have multiple uses out of a single centre drill vs a drill bit which eventually runs out depending on how lucky you are when it breaks.

As long as he comes back like Dorothy did wer good.

Haha!

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Great Scott!

It’s like “ Back to the Future “ 😂I love it

Hopefully this can inspire future generations.

Agree

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42:55 right about now the air is so hot it melts the solder in these Techntronics

agreed

Let's hope this fan blade does not break off its motor to go bouncing around the room, at speed.

But was he in a pan?!?!?

by doing what? converting a possible 156KW of energy stored in the diesel being consumed, into approximately 27KW of heat in a resistor? disele engine... 30% efficient... 52KW output, using approximately 156KW worth of diesel. generator, 50% efficient at full load, for 27KW of heat, the other half of the engines output being dissipated by the generator itself. a heat exchange on the exhaust and cooling system would be far more effective use of the potential energy in the diesel, if ones primary goal was simply "workshop heating".

@@paradiselost9946I know right? Just build a bon fire in the shop and huddle around it for warmth like you would. Duh.

@@bullycabalrecruit2215why huddle? not sure if you are being sarcastic or agreeing. me? i would run a small diesel heater, use about 1/5th fuel, and release the same amount of heat. no huddling required. as the majority of heat in that fuel will be released and go towards heating air. but i doubt the intention here was to simply produce heat. its a load bank. i assume its simply to test the generator. if its main primary purpose is to heat a workshop? then its an exercise in stupidity and ignorance.

@@paradiselost9946 These heaters are strictly used for dummy loads for testing the generator. THAT IS ALL! Did you watch the previous video where he specifically talked about using the heaters for dummy loads to test his generator to make sure it holds the load? LOTS of high reliability generators are load tested for reliability. (Hospitals, 911 communications centers, data centers, food storage facilities and the list goes on and on). All of them are tested with dummy loads on a regular bases, to make sure they handle the load when needed! How else would you load test a generator that is in high reliability service? The loads used are mounted on a large trailer. Some are the size of a semi trailer with huge fans, and lots of big cables hooked to the generator and transfer panel to test reliability. We're talking about 250, 500 750 on up through multi megawatt capacity generators.

@@paradiselost9946 The comment is obviously a joke, why do you have to be a smartass when no one asked you to?

Yes, checking actual instructions will verify this. Also, store bought connectors all seen to be thin and weak (Chinese). They will not hold a crimped wire securely.

Correct use real connectors and i use a Knipex crimper always good connection

Although this is according to the instructions, what results is that the wire strands are pushed out through the split, as the sides pull back, opening the split because of the dimple. The only way to make them reliable and repeatable is to center the dimple on the split.

Look up what the manufacturers like Panduit want you to use. Those are the crimpers that do the job right and are certified. Everything else is a tradeoff. Even a well used brand name crimper (two dies in a ratchet) will do a better job than anything without a ratchet where you have no positive indication of a full crimp.

No, that is exactly wrong. Once you press in on the seam with the crimper, you create the opening that can allow strands to not be crimped. The seam is touching before the crimp is applied. If you have the seam down (away from the dimple, as you use the crimper, the seam is held together as the dimple presses in on the back, reducing the inside area for the wire, which allows for the crimp to work. There is no means for the wire to go through the seam as it never separates. There are plenty of examples of crimping as Mr. Carlson showed where crimp quality is poor as many people will not precisely center the dimple. And, even if you do, you create the gap, which you don't want. There is no way that the method he showed is better than the "proper" way. He can do it any way he wants, I just would never advise people to do it improperly (or against the manufacturer's instructions). As for regulatory approval, they almost always stipulate that a condition is to install as per the manufacturer. Mind you, there are a LARGE variety of crimp manufacturers and quality of crimps as well as crimp tools so there are other variables at play here. But hey...try it for yourself. Crimp with the dimple on the back (aways from the seam) and try another with it crimped so the dimple presses in on the seam. See if there is any improvement between one and the other. Then be just a smidge less precise when you are crimping and see how it goes and which way is more forgiving too. There ARE crimp styles (typically smaller signal times) where part of the crimper's job is to have a proper die set that will curl over the crimp as well as also wrap the crimp around the insulation to form a straing relieve (e.g. a Dsub crimper)...but that is not the case for the types of crimps that he showed. I didn't bring up the issue as a "gotcha" moment for Mr. Carlson either. I have the highest respect for him, his projects, his knowledge, his channel...etc. I was just surprised that he would go out of his way to recommend an improper method. Making crimps like the ones he was doing is something I've done countless times in the last half century. If it was just a technique thing, that would be something different. We all have our own styles. I, honestly, think what he recommended could lead to some people making very poor crimps.

I have noticed the same here, certain times of the day, the LED lights above the bench will flicker at about 2Hz. Thats interesting!

I worked for the power company for 32 years. One of my jobs was voltage regulation by switching in various sizes of capacitors. I notice cheaper LED lights are susceptible to the voltage changes on the grid. The smaller caps were around 20MX and the largest was around 300MX at 230,000 volts. MX stands for Mega VARS. They would go into service in the morning when everyone wakes up. Voltage goes up. Then after dinner time, most would come out of service. Voltage goes down. Great video.

Thanks for sharing your story Chris!

playing with simple ZVS induction heaters, i find i can make FETs explode instantly by pushing an iron bar into the coil when its running. no issue if it STARTS with the bar in place, but to push it in when its already running? everytime, one FET simply explodes. something about altered inductance, the decreased reflected impedance with appropriate increase of current draw, and the abrupt change in frequency that they dont appreciate...

Thank You for your kind feedback Gene!

You are very welcome!

It's rating is 69.5 HP at 1800 RPM.

@@MrCarlsonsLab Wow! That’s even more impressive of a rig. Especially for a home shop. If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right!

Diesels work best when under a load. Solves the issue of using a big generator to power a house.😂

@@MrCarlsonsLab Even under full load, that engine sounds like it's barely working. Running at 1800 rpms is WAY better than 3600 rpms.

@@Mark.R_ wasting 27kW is a shame anyway. At this point accumulator setup would be preferable even economy-wise.

Frequency is a very important factor for motors.

@@timguishard4641 And televisions....

Thanks for your input!

You're very welcome Harry!

Welcome aboard!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank You for your kind feedback Carol!

Will do!

My pleasure!

Lets say, he is using a "floating ground" I will say that if he generator is not grounded (isolated) nothing will flow to ground trough anything, only between phases and neutral ... 😛😝

Thanks for your kind comment!

My pleasure!

Zero cross opto's are very nice. I use them even when not needed in AC switch design.

Welcome aboard!

You're welcome!

Thank you!