Re: Peugeot generator engine?
Bob Bartch (bbartch@jps.net)
Tue, 25 Feb 1997 17:23:00 -0800
FRECHE@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 97-02-25 10:05:02 EST, you write:
>
> << The big question for me is how to regulate the engine rpm? The generator
> must turn 1800 rpm under all load conditions in order to maintain 60
> hertz. Generators have special fuel pumps with centrifugal governors.
> Maybe there is a eletric governor you could add. >>
>
> Could you use the cruise control from a car? It should be available with all
> of the fittings for the Peugeot, or you could just buy a universal one.
> Their input is usually from a magnetic pickup on the driveshaft (in the case
> of Peugeot, the rear axle). The magnet is glued to the driveshaft, and the
> pickup coil positioned nearby. As I recall, universal cruise controls are
> relatively inexpensive.
>
> Egon
Luckily I have a governor gadget that was on the old gas engine. It's a
centrifugal-to-linear converter that is belt driven, I believe off the
crank pulley. Will have to take a better look at it. Anyway it was
designed to use changes in RPM to operate a throttle plate so I should
be able to connect it somehow. A summer project.