27000 Watt Load Complete Build!

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How GREAT would it be with Mr. Carlson's Lab as your next door neighbor? Just think going out on your porch in the morning to have a cup of Coffee/Tea and look over to your neighbor and just think, Will this be the day?" and his house lifts off with the secret Anti-Gravity drive with a barely audible hummmmmm. and see it shrink into the distance.

Serval years ago I was a Turbofan Test Engineer for Lockheed and Rolls-Royce at Stennis Space Center. We had a 75 foot tall test stand, where we had a Trent 1000 engine attached to for test. That engine is for the Boeing 787 and was the first electrical start engine (normally air is used). The starter was a combination starter and generator (VSFG), so we needed huge load banks that were unfortunately 500 feet away from the test stand. So, we had to run a 700 lb cable from the engine to the load banks. The engine was also 30 feet off the ground. Took two shifts, two man lifts, and about 2 million swear words to install it. The cable was at least, if not larger in diameter, as the one you're using.

Ah yes, the man with the fan with the plan.

I love these videos that are not just receiver restorations! Thank you Mr. Carlson!

This is true DIY. This is rarely seen in modern times.

You have got the best lab I've ever seen, or dreamed about!

it is very satisfying when all the hard work you've done works, well done!!! as a retired union electrician, whether it is 22 AWG or 4 AWG or 00 we strip wire. the only bit I would like to add is that if wire is a single conductor, it is wire and not cable, and it matters not if its stranded. mike

All my children's Easter eggs melted when you turned those heaters on.

I beg to differ with you Mr. C on the crimper. If you were to spin it 180 degrees, the crimper will force the seam together and put the dimple on the back side and will apply pressure of the crimp without the chance of missing the seam...which would be a failed crimp. I've also had zero failures (in close to 5-decades) of using what you termed the double-oval type crimper. I do use a double-action crimper so a much greater force can be applied with less hand pressure (e.g. Sargent 3120)...they're good up to 10awg. for larger, I go to anvil type crimps and again, the dimple part goes on the BACK side of the crimp...the seam goes down into the smooth curved part of the crimper to force the seam together.

im glad to see Mr Carlson take preemptive measures to combat the cold Canadian winter

I use the hell out of those cheap solid state relays in my garden to turn on lights, humidifiers, fans, etc, all esp32 controlled. They are amazing! Despite one or two DOA units, they are all very reliable in service.

Nice work! I'm building a load out of 500W and 1kW quarts lamps for my Onan generator. If you want a frequency display that you can see from across the room, get a Korg DT-1 Pro guitar tuner. Replace the stock crystal with a programmable oscillator set to 6.177180MHz. That makes the A# setting exactly 60Hz. It'll show 58.28Hz to 61.76Hz. Each LED shows a 0.0375Hz change. Double check that osc freq. I'm going off of my notes that are a few years old.

Your comment about the LED bulbs got my attention. I have several different brands of bulbs at home and one brand is really sensitive to power line fluctuations. All of the bulbs of that one brand will blink at 2 Hz at different times of the day depending on how the grid is being loaded at the moment. The line voltage drops from around 122 to 117. It gets very noticeable around 4 PM EDT and also around 8AM when everybody has their coffee makers on! I never noticed this with the old incandescent bulbs. Thanks for the superb video.

Mr Carlsons lab i wish you and your wife and kids a happy Easter 🐣 my friend

Beautiful implemented!!! 👍👏 I would have also like to see the waveform on a oscilloscope and the THD at different load levels.

A built in voltage and frequency meter is a must.

I made a generator load from three 9kW new old stock shower water heater modules off eBay at £12 each, some hose, hefty cable and three 32 Amp MCB switches in a domestic consumer unit box, so like your good self, each 9kW module can be brought in and out. A hose to the outside tap flows unrestricted mains water through them, the waste going to a drain or just onto the ground. Works well for testing generators and loading them for an hour or so to clear wet stacking. I enjoy your channel, happy Easter and good luck.

I used my Ultra Probe to listen to an Evap canister solenoid to make sure it was actuating. Happy Easter Mr. Carlson. Bless you and your loved ones.

I really like this build video. Its a nice side-step from the usual. I run into so many young engineers who have honestly never actually designed AND built anything with their two hands.