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Please, just Tim. :beer: As far as I have been able to read from the publically provided documentation (and the additional stuff you provided) there is no user-configurable settings on the N3211 regulator. Again as far as I can read, it will output 28.8V during operation. what I've been...

I think I answered this already, but I'll add more information to help you make sense of it. This is not how automotive voltage regulators work - they expect to be the only power source in a system and are VERY simple as a result. Here's an article on the logic that goes into them...

Please just Tim. :beer: First thing to note for my setup is I'm supporting a working camp, not a homestead - my run times are expected to be compressed, and need to both power the loads I've planned but also charge the batteries and shorten the run-time. One of the other considerations I've...

Your busses use N1603 (Military SKU) not the C803 (Transit SKU)? My '84 Gillig uses a C803, those which are designed for transit usually have a fan on the pulley side and a intake vent duct on the rectifier end (opposite of the pulley) which goes to a dedicated ram air scoop on the exterior of...

The whole reason I'm going with a custom voltage regulator and a CVT is exactly because the capacity is limited. If I was running in the 1800RPM range, and a sudden load of >200Amps was applied over what it was already generating, the engine would stall and die. An alternator is what we call a...

Currently the design is centered around a scooter CVT, and fully variable engine speed from idle to red-line. I'm still talking to the CVT vendor (custom "shift" tune), but I can share more details in the FOBIC build thread when I have them ready. Basically, per the engine manual I'm supposed...

Beautiful!! Awesome, thanks so much - I've had less luck with the C.E. Niehoff people, no returned emails, no returned phone calls. I was pretty close to sending them a regular old letter... :?

The generator is for the trailer that carries the tents in FOBIC, it was always part of the scope: "... Trailer with generator for transportation 40-gallons diesel tank 24VDC generator, auto-start ..." So many pieces need to be assembled in order to get it to run right. After all those...

Ooo! Could you post those 1603 spec files? The C.E. Neihoff product webpage is sterile at best for specification documents. I'm interested especially in the curves - I was planning on tuning my DC generator software using a load bank, but if I could get access to the curves that would at least...

Ah ha ha :), did they run the generator continuously the whole time? I like the idea of a 2-stage inverter, backed by batteries, backed by a DC generator (PMG if possible). Inverter runs light loads with the smaller stage, takes peak loads with the larger stage. DC generators keeps the...

I'm very interested in this DC generator you built, I'm building a variable-speed DC generator based on a 20HP water-cooled turbo-diesel and the same C.E. Niehoff N1603 alternator - fueled from a 40-gallon Chevy Suburban tank. With the engine vs alternator RPMs being different (about 1.83:1...