Hammond organ! Important info here if you play a keyboard. I used to work as the engineer on a 400 passenger excursion boat and we obviously used our own generator for power. It was a 30 KW unit with a diesel engine with a heavy flywheel and armature so its speed and power output was very stable. We kept the frequency of the power about 60 cycles per second, just like the house power on shore, but it would vary a bit over a week or two and maybe drop off a couple of cycles per second after a while. For most equipment and other electrical needs this was unnoticeable. This wouldn't affect most band equipment at all except if you played a Hammond organ. They have a cycle locked motor driving their tone generator and that is very sensitive to frequency of the input electricity. The musical intervals, like do-re-me, will be different if the frequency is off only slightly. Whenever a band set up on our boat and had a Hammond organ I would work with them to get our cycle rate right on and the music would sound sweet for the whole event.
I was doing a sound gig for a annual summer weekend festival. A real bad storm came through and killed the power. From that day forward, we always bring two generators.
Great info. Thanks I would want to compare them with those high powered battery banks. Some do charge themselves using the folding solar panels. Can they be a backup to a generator in case it fails?
Batteries, solar, wind and other renewable energy sources are cool stuff, and they're getting better, but they're still a long way away from producing the amount of power of traditional generating systems. A really long way away... A portable (70lb) battery box that can deliver about 2000 watts and 7.2 kilowatt hours costs about $8000. That amount of power *might be enough for a small band for an evening show, but I don't think it would be enough to be comfortable. That's way more expensive (and underpowered) than a comparable gas generator. Likewise a few square feet of solar panel can recharge your phone, run a laptop, but if you want the power to do some real work you're probably looking at an array that's the size of a rooftop - around 15 watts per sq-ft. So, I think it's cool technology, but not practical and cost effective as a generator replacement... not yet. I think those technologies definitely have a place, hopefully the science keeps improving and helps make them a practical choice in more applications in the future.
@@Barry-Watson I agree. That’s how a lot of my peers talk about the EVs. New technology excites everyone in the beginning but takes a while over a practical application. Thanks.
Hammond organ! Important info here if you play a keyboard. I used to work as the engineer on a 400 passenger excursion boat and we obviously used our own generator for power. It was a 30 KW unit with a diesel engine with a heavy flywheel and armature so its speed and power output was very stable. We kept the frequency of the power about 60 cycles per second, just like the house power on shore, but it would vary a bit over a week or two and maybe drop off a couple of cycles per second after a while. For most equipment and other electrical needs this was unnoticeable. This wouldn't affect most band equipment at all except if you played a Hammond organ. They have a cycle locked motor driving their tone generator and that is very sensitive to frequency of the input electricity. The musical intervals, like do-re-me, will be different if the frequency is off only slightly. Whenever a band set up on our boat and had a Hammond organ I would work with them to get our cycle rate right on and the music would sound sweet for the whole event.
Oh wow, I haven't heard that one before. Cool story.
This is literally the only video on all of RUclips that talks about this I’ve found surprisingly. Life saving thank you!
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I was doing a sound gig for a annual summer weekend festival. A real bad storm came through and killed the power. From that day forward, we always bring two generators.
Ha ha, yup. Outdoor shows can be the best of times, and the worst of times... depending upon the weather.
Great info. Thanks
I would want to compare them with those high powered battery banks. Some do charge themselves using the folding solar panels. Can they be a backup to a generator in case it fails?
Batteries, solar, wind and other renewable energy sources are cool stuff, and they're getting better, but they're still a long way away from producing the amount of power of traditional generating systems. A really long way away...
A portable (70lb) battery box that can deliver about 2000 watts and 7.2 kilowatt hours costs about $8000. That amount of power *might be enough for a small band for an evening show, but I don't think it would be enough to be comfortable. That's way more expensive (and underpowered) than a comparable gas generator.
Likewise a few square feet of solar panel can recharge your phone, run a laptop, but if you want the power to do some real work you're probably looking at an array that's the size of a rooftop - around 15 watts per sq-ft. So, I think it's cool technology, but not practical and cost effective as a generator replacement... not yet.
I think those technologies definitely have a place, hopefully the science keeps improving and helps make them a practical choice in more applications in the future.
@@Barry-Watson I agree. That’s how a lot of my peers talk about the EVs. New technology excites everyone in the beginning but takes a while over a practical application. Thanks.