craigcurtin
Senior Member
Guys,
I am implementing a generator at home that will be used to provide general base load power generation whilst running on waste vegetable Oil (WVO).
The system will be interfaced into our main ciruit board (and yes i have a fully qualified electrican involved for all the 240v wiring).
What i need to do is sense the current that is flowing from the generator - there will be a certain base load of about 1.7kw that will be always there - but this is less than 30% capacity of the system - it is not good to run a diesel generator at low output from an extended period.
I have a number of other loads that i wish to introduce/shed based on the keeping the load on the unit in the 80% range (around the 4.8Kw) range - but it can handle a load upto 6Kw - sustained if required.
I therefore need to be able to sense the current flow in the mains outlet (single phase) from the unit and activate different loads (such as pool pumps etc), through the use of Opto isolated relays (i am OK on that side) - what i am looking for is a method with a picaxe for monitoring this current draw - any ideas ?
regards
Craig
I am implementing a generator at home that will be used to provide general base load power generation whilst running on waste vegetable Oil (WVO).
The system will be interfaced into our main ciruit board (and yes i have a fully qualified electrican involved for all the 240v wiring).
What i need to do is sense the current that is flowing from the generator - there will be a certain base load of about 1.7kw that will be always there - but this is less than 30% capacity of the system - it is not good to run a diesel generator at low output from an extended period.
I have a number of other loads that i wish to introduce/shed based on the keeping the load on the unit in the 80% range (around the 4.8Kw) range - but it can handle a load upto 6Kw - sustained if required.
I therefore need to be able to sense the current flow in the mains outlet (single phase) from the unit and activate different loads (such as pool pumps etc), through the use of Opto isolated relays (i am OK on that side) - what i am looking for is a method with a picaxe for monitoring this current draw - any ideas ?
regards
Craig