Isolation transformers

[Glenn Ashmore]

Can someone tell me the difference between the standard Charles 3.6kVA
transformer and the ISO-G2 3.6kVA transformer? (Other than the $500
difference in price, that is.)

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Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

 

[Larry]

(Other than the $500
difference in price, that is.)

That's probably it.....$500. Same as the difference between a yellow 50'
50A cord for $800 from Waste Marine and a black 50' 50A cord for $125 from
the local camping dealer.....$675...

It's why the docks don't have the same receptacles as the campgrounds....
(c;

 

[Bruce in alaska]

Can someone tell me the difference between the standard Charles 3.6kVA
transformer and the ISO-G2 3.6kVA transformer? (Other than the $500
difference in price, that is.)

If you look at the Spec Sheets for both transformers, I suspect you will
also note, that the more expensive one will have a Isolated,
non-Overlapping, Windings, and a Grounded Isolation Shield, between the
Primary, and Secondary Windings. This precludes any chance of a Fault
to the Core, causing the Isolation of the Transformer to be breached.

 

[Glenn Ashmore]

At 12 pounds and half the size of the Charles it looks good but at $1500 it
is a bit out of my price range. The other thing that I wonder about is the
specs say the output voltage is within 5% of the input voltage which means
there is no protection against low voltage. Even a regular switching power
supply supplies a stable voltage. A stable voltage is about the only reason
beyond weight and size I can think of for paying that much.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

.

 

[Larry]

At 12 pounds and half the size of the Charles it looks good but at
$1500 it is a bit out of my price range. The other thing that I
wonder about is the specs say the output voltage is within 5% of the
input voltage which means there is no protection against low voltage.
Even a regular switching power supply supplies a stable voltage. A
stable voltage is about the only reason beyond weight and size I can
think of for paying that much.

I was thinking about this thread during changing the oil in my trusty Honda
EU3000is electronic genset before dark.....

Wouldn't it be cool if someone were to build a diesel genset of the
technology of the electronic switching gensets like mine? When the boat is
off on its own, the slow-speed, economizing diesel's high voltage, high
frequency flywheel coils would power its precise 60 Hz, synthesized
switching AC power supply to drive the boat loads, as the diesel lumbers
along, not at 1800 or 3600 RPM, but a much slower speed only to provide the
electronics the DC to drive its output loads. When the boat is at the
dock, whatever AC voltage is available, anyplace on the planet, would be
rectified into DC and fed to the same ISOLATED electronic power supply that
would always provide an independent, isolated from shore grounds, AC power
voltage/frequency of your choice to drive you loads without fizzing your
zincs.

The technology to build the 6500 watt model already exists:
http://www.hayesequipment.com/eu6500is.htm

 

[Larry]

I did something similar in '91; drove a military 2 kVA alternator with
an oversized small engine. The alternator's output was full-wave
rectified and drove a Sola 2 kVA switching power supply (72 VDC in,
120 VAC 60 Hz out); I also had a 72 volt 200 AH battery reservoir
drive the supply when the engine was off. It worked quite well. The
engine could essentially run at high idle to charge the batteries for
my average load; the duty cycle was about fifty percent.

Michael

This idea would also work very well using the technology of the hybrid
cars, self-starting the engine only to recharge the high voltage, low
current battery pack much more efficient and certainly lighter than the old
lead-acid monsters that have little power storage. The boat would simply
have a constant supply of AC power to run everything, with several high
voltage charging systems, including the autostarting engine drive. As the
wind charger output increased, or the solar array, the engine would run
less and less. A computer controlling it all taking the power management
load we have now away from the inhabitants.

Of course, many would resist who want their boats to be time machines back
into the 1800's....(c;

If we get rid of the drive engine and go to high voltage traction motors to
power the shaft, we'll only need one engine to power both the screw and the
rest of the boat. It won't matter where the designers put this engine and
the inherent problem of always having to put the engine in the way in the
middle of the boat would disappear. A 50hp traction motor is quite small,
indeed. I think the boats would have more room without the old inline
diesel drives we have now.

Just dreaming. Change comes slow.