> Good news, bad news. Your 10HP single phase induction motor will work OK
> as a
> generator but ONLY while the grid is OK. Open the throttle on the engine
> and
> see the meter spin backward. Great!
 
According to the way I take what you are saying about the meter spin
backwards when you open the throttle on your engine hooked to an
induction motor then its not only going to spin backwards because of
the fact of power going into it from the "wrong" direction but it's
rate of spin is also going to be determined by whatever the frequency
of the voltage might be. In otherwords, if it gets fed 60 cycle then
it would spin backwards at it's normal rate and if it gets fed 120
cycle then it's going to spin backwards twice as fast and ect until
it can spin no faster. would that be true?
 
bill bauer
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