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Originally Posted by
Chris1984
the size of it could well have been a contributing factor, as i have previously stated.
The fact you had a 16a socket for your use doesn't mean you have a full 16a.
you can buy a 1000w generator from machine-mart with a 16a plug on.
We are just trying to shed some light on generators as it's what we do.
As to your comment in post 46 about it being a fact that the set was not full at anytime might imply you checked it and never mentioned this to the client?
It was quite obvious that it was never full i play in marques quite a lot through the summer months and have received power through simular sets never running out or stopping of this nature before.
A fellow dj was working a marque a few miles from me with exactly the same set useing a bigger rig and it never missed a beat.
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Originally Posted by
CRAZY K ROADSHOW
Totally agree never had a problem with any genne before and there shouldnt have been with this one,just to clarify there was some mention that i could have known that there was not much fuel in it,i think it has already been stated on here i dont mess with equipment that doesnt belong to me once you start doing that you really are lineing yourselfe up for it.
The problem was reported correctly to the people in charge of said genne set and was left with them to fix ie refuel they just decided not to put enough in.
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Originally Posted by
CRAZY K ROADSHOW
Thats indefensible when you think how much is involved in buying fuel and how much profit they were making.
I never normally touch generators other than turning them off after everyone else has decided to
off home and leave me to pack down the kit.
Same here ,and yes it totally ruined my clients wedding evening and nearly ruined somed of my kit as well its a little sensitive to just haveing the plug pulled.
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Originally Posted by
jc light and sound
nearly ruined somed of my kit as well its a little sensitive to just haveing the plug pulled.
Really? What kit nearly got ruined and how?
I can't say I've ever come across equipment damaged by an outage on its own. An outage quickly followed by a quick restoration of supply could cause you problems. I suppose if the set had no AVR, the shutdown could have consisted of a loss of voltage prior to the set stalling, although this would only be momentary and IMHO unlikely to cause any damage, although I'll stand corrected if you can explain the physics to me.
Modern inductive load equipment with auto sensing power supplies will generally not function if the supply fluctuates +/- 10-15% of the reference voltage. Think of when you have an outage or a prolonged low voltage condition at home, where resistive loads such as incandescant lighting dims, but the TV won't come on. These conditions don't typically cause any damage to equipment.
Accepted some luminaires and amplifiers etc. with temperature controlled forced cooling will continue to operate their cooling systems after the lamp is switched off or when not processing a signal, however again, a loss of power is unlikely to cause any damage as the device is only going to get cooler naturally, albeit over a longer period of time, than its temperature at the time of the outage.
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The main problem with generator jobs, is not running out of fuel thats just stupid on the organisers.
What i find is they put in a set then every Tom Dick or Harry comes along and sticks there ovens,fridges bouncy castles and such like having no regard of ratings and eventually trip out the sub fuse box.
I have had cases looking at my power at the end of the line i have nowhere near 240v ,so i always run my computer on a psu as thats the thing that does not like dodgy voltage.
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