can you plug a generator into a wall socket

 you can plug your generator directly into your home wall socket but before doing so there are some certain condition to fulfill

1.        Disconnect your home from the mains supply: even there is power outage, disconnect your  home connection from the direct mains supply.    You can do so by  removing the cut-out , a cut-out is device that join the mains supply with your home  connection,

2.        The next step is to put the generator socket into the wall socket.

A generator  is a device that convert mechanical energy  to electrical energy,

generator not producing enough voltage

when a generator is not producing enough voltage it could be one of the following reasons

  wrong fuel to oil mixture: when the ratio of the fuel to engine oil in generator is inaccurate , the generator will not product the required power, if the engine is very low the  fuel to burn out very fast  at high current and voltage and if the ratio of the fuel is very high o that of the engine oil the power the current will be at low voltage.

Overloading: it may be due to overloading. When the amount of power required by the electric appliances cannot be met by the generator, the voltage will the generator will go down. Most generator adjust their rate of fuel consumption and out voltage with level attached load. Therefore a possible cause of low voltage is overloading

If automatic voltage regulation is set too low to respond to load been applied.

causes of low voltage in generator

A voltage drop is overall drop in voltage loss in a circuit due to impedance,

 an impedance is the overall opposition to the flow of current in an a.c circuit.

 Below are some common causes of voltage drop in a circuit

·          If speed control gain is set very low to respond to the load applied

·         If automatic voltage regulation is set too low to respond to load been applied

·          If AVR feedback is from generator bus and voltage deeps too far,, all excitation could be loss  and his would automatically result to under voltage and under current

·         If load applied to generator exceed its capacity, this will cause  the gen to slow down, resulting in a drop in frequency and  voltage .

·          Inability of turbo to provide enough air  of  pressure while taking a load, this will cause a machine to slow down and cause a drop of voltage.

And more.

how to reduce generator fuel consumption

 To reduce generator fuel consumption you will need to follow the following steps

·         Buy a clean fuel: what I mean by a clean fuel is an unadulterated fuel,  in developing countries  many people are selling fuels in black-market and can easily mix fuel with other substance to make more profits. ,my advice here is to buy fuel from only license fuel stations with clean records of selling clean fuels.

·         Use the correct fuel to engine oil ratio:  if you ran your  on fuel only  it burn faster and become otter and if you  add too much engine oil will may not run, therefore  use the correct fuel to oil ratio anytime you refuel your generator. Using little engine oil burns more fuel and this will increases your generator fuel consumption

·         Switch off on appliances not n use: if you are running a generator it is not like electric power, the  more the appliances you switch them on the more  the amount of energy they need , and the more fuel will burn therefore swift off , all appliance not in use when you are running a generator,

·          use an energy saving electric equipment: if the bulk of you r energy source  from generator you can repalace your  electric appliance with low –energy consuming  one,  there are bulbs , tv , refrigerators etc  that are energy savers, a qualified electrician should be able to tell you this

·         Avoid using high energy consuming appliances when you are off  grid: appliances like electric cookers, electric heater electric irons etc are high energy consuming, avoid using them until the mains power  is restored.

·         Fuel tap should not be open complete, close it abit and you will see that  you generators last longer.

how to increase output voltage of a generator

 To increase the out power of a small generator  you just need to do ne thing,

 that is to change the coil from a small to big coil.  Your electrician or generator  repair store should be able to do so for you.

 remember the the principle of electromagnetic induction,  that current flow when a bar magnet moving across a coil of metallic conductors,

from the principle of electromagnetic induction you can  increases the amount of current flow by either increasing the size of the bar magnet or the number of turns of the coils.s

 the law state s as follows

The induced electromotive force in any closed circuit is equal to the negative of the time rate of change of the magnetic flux enclosed by the circuit.

 Therefore to increase the amount of power of a generator  your electrician should either increase the  number of turns , this literally mean a bigger coil should replace the smaller coils or alternatively the electrician should  increase the size of the magnetic filed  this literally means the electrician should increases the  change the smaller magnet with a bigger one. With al other tigs been equal your gen out soul increases drastically.