E-3

 

 

 

THEORY OF OPERATION

 

E-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FIGURE E.2 - ROTOR, STATOR AND CONTROL CIRCUITS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RANGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SWITCH

254

TOROID*

Section

Master

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S2

E

 

 

 

 

ELECTRODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AC

 

 

to

to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TERMINAL

 

 

 

 

 

REACTOR

 

 

OUTPUT +

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHOKE

POLARITY

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AC

BRIDGE

 

SWITCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--

 

WORK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FUEL

 

W2

 

C1 WAC

W1

 

 

 

TERMINAL

 

 

STARTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHUTOFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOLENOID

 

SOLENOID

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WELD WINDINGS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STARTER

MECHANICAL

 

 

 

 

 

AUXILIARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WINDINGS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROTAT ION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENGINE

 

SLIP

ROTOR

STATOR

Z

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

FLYWHEEL ALTERNATOR/

 

RINGS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOLTAGE REGULATOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SOLENOID

7

EXCITER

9

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

WINDING

 

 

 

X

 

Section

Master

 

 

 

 

IDLER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

3

 

DIODE

 

 

3 6 X

 

TOROID*

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

OIL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

PRESSURE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENGINE

 

SWITCH

 

FLASHING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to

to

 

SWITCH*

2

HOUR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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+

-

 

FIELD

 

 

 

 

 

 

Z X Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAPACITOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

METER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BATTERY

OUTPUT

 

 

120 & 230 VOLT

 

 

480 VOLT 3 PHASE

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BREAKERS AND

 

 

BREAKER AND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECEPTACLES

 

 

RECEPTACLE

 

 

 

 

* Lead 254 - 1 turn through the toroid

 

 

 

PRINTED CIRCUIT

Leads 3 & 6 - two turns through the toroid in opposite directions.

 

 

 

BOARD

Lead X passes though the toroid in the same direction as lead 6

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ROTOR, STATOR & CONTROL CIRCUITS

 

 

 

 

Approximately 10 seconds after the current stops, the

Section

Master

Once the Engine is running and the oil pressure switch

the Control PC Board. This “flashing” voltage energizes

down to the low idle speed. If the Control Power Switch

 

 

closes, 12 VDC is fed to the rotor slip rings by way of

board will re-energize the solenoid and pull the engine

to

to

the rotor and the resulting spinning magnetic field

is in the High Idle position, the signal from the Toroid is

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induces power into the windings of the stator. The

ignored.

where it is rectified and regulated and fed back to the

The Weld Winding provides the power for welding.

 

 

exciter winding voltage is routed to the Control Board

 

 

 

 

rotor slip rings. . This regulated supply is used to control

Different portions are used depending on the weld

 

 

the voltage output of the welder. A diode on the PC

mode selected. The full winding is used for DC welding

 

 

Board is used to isolate the exciter voltage from the

while a tapped off portion (WAC) is used for AC welding.

 

 

engine 12 VDC supply. The Output Control is used to

There is also a tap (C1) used for constant voltage (CV)

 

 

adjust the weld voltage.

welding. The Auxiliary Winding is a 3 phase ‘wye’ con-

 

 

 

 

nected 480 VAC supply. Tapped off of one leg are the

 

 

The Idler Circuit is also controlled by the Control PC

230 VAC single phase and the 120VAC single phase

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Board. A Toroid is used to sense current draw through

supplies for the various receptacles. Each of the recep-

either the weld circuit or any of the auxiliary receptacles.

tacles including the 3 phase receptacle is protected by

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When current is sensed, a signal from the Toroid caus-

an appropriately sized Circuit Breaker.

es the PC Board to release the Idler Solenoid and the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

engine goes to high speed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NOTE: Unshaded areas of Block Logic

 

 

Diagram are the subject of discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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