tobnpr
New Member
I've always been told to load up the generator; that it's not good to run for extended periods under a light load. During the summer it's not a problem most of the time, when running both A/C units.
During the fall and winter though, A/C may not be needed much of the time- especially at night. If we're on the hook fishing, my DC draw easily exceeds 50 amps- so I need to run the gen to direct charge from the alternator as well as supplying power to the charger. This minimal draw ends up being a really light load on the 8 kw gen.
Question is: why isn't there (or, is there?) a way to "artificially" load up the generator- like with an electrical resistance coil (like a water heater) that could be seawater cooled and maybe have an adjustable resistance depending on how much power you want it to draw?
I can't come up with any other ideas to "create" additional load for the generator...or am I worrying too much about running the gen with a light load?
During the fall and winter though, A/C may not be needed much of the time- especially at night. If we're on the hook fishing, my DC draw easily exceeds 50 amps- so I need to run the gen to direct charge from the alternator as well as supplying power to the charger. This minimal draw ends up being a really light load on the 8 kw gen.
Question is: why isn't there (or, is there?) a way to "artificially" load up the generator- like with an electrical resistance coil (like a water heater) that could be seawater cooled and maybe have an adjustable resistance depending on how much power you want it to draw?
I can't come up with any other ideas to "create" additional load for the generator...or am I worrying too much about running the gen with a light load?