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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Marty Champions on July 20, 2015, 09:42:33 AM
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Anything under 150 and small in size just need it for quick jobs when no power is available
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dont say the power is not available, the power is ALWAYS available, in us.
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It depends on how much current you need.
Look on the things you want to run...find the current ratings in amps...multiply the current draw in amps time the voltage...120 volts.
This is the watts that the device needs to run...add up the wattage of all the things you want to run at the same time...Then increase that number by 1/4 to allow for starting surges.
This is the size generator you need.
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You're a handy bro. I recommend...wait for it... machinery auctions!!! Possibly private sales, but probably not unless it's from a dead guy and his stupid son is selling it because he's too lazy to move it. Certainly garage sales. Garage sale people regard everything as a disposal cost & marriage stressor. Machinery auctions can have a lot of good shit available tho, not some clown's VHS collection from 1989 along with a bunch of plastic suburban kmart crap, so it makes the drive worthwhile. Live bidding > online, by far.
I finally got around today to testing out my honda gd410 diesel powered gennie. The roll cage frame had been bent in so that the air filter couldn't be accessed, and it was choc-a-block. Straightened the frame, cleaned the filter, dumped the fuel, replaced w/ fresh (always), oil change & filter clean (after proving the unit-always), small & probably unnecessary valve clearance jimmy. Multimeter says ac voltage is spot on. Also read 51v out of dc terminals, presumably for 12v battery charging lol, since that's what the starter says it wants, not sure what that's all about. But I digress. And I pull started. Don't forget the decompression lever if you do, which you really can't, but look for it on the valve cover if you haven't pulled a diesel before.
She goes flawless. Will buy new air, oil, and fuel filters. And screw a new bit of sheet metal on to replace the missing piece at the ass end of the alternator. Similar wattage ratings in Honda gasoline, for something new that doesn't look like it was used on a Journey To The Center Of The Earth (until I get my sandblaster up & running, that is), they'll sting ya about $6k. So in diesel, over $9000 is a pretty safe bet.
$50. Fifty bucks. Needed its air filter cleaned. :)
PS - I like Honda OHV models. The ones I've worked on are so easy. I've got a Kohler which runs well also ($50!) but bolt positions are cunty and every one is a different damn size so you're forever going back to the rachet set and trying for size... in cunty positions. It's a good engine so it's not like it happens all the time but with the Honda you pretty much just keep the 10mm socket on.
PPS - Inverter gennies are all the rage for home power. If you're not running sensitive electronics like your PC then an old school one will do. And if haggling: "Dude, it's not even an inverter pure sine!" Old rotor ones are time proven too. Throw 'em off the truck and pull the cord.
P3 - Most gennies don't log hours but those that do are usually underloaded so you're supposed to watch for signs of cylinder glazing, apparently, for which honing, so they say, is the thing to do. Which is going to be a cost for a 1 use tool, plus new head gasket, now you need the literature for torque specs, etc. I've heard glazing is a common problem in generators.
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Anything under 150 and small in size just need it for quick jobs when no power is available
But U need petrol to run generator ;D