Photos of genset set-up

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Well the power just went out again so I fired up the tractor to run the genset and as I sit here posting while the entire valley is in darkness I can't help but bask in the glow of my diesel powered light bulbs.

Here is a link to some photos of my set-up.

I just back up my tractor to my small shop where I remove a small panel to allow the PTO shaft to connect to the generator which is a 13kW model from Northern Tools. The genset is mounted on a big, heavy chunk of wood. I plan on making a cover for it soon so it doesn't get covered in sawdust. I also installed a Blue Seas AC multimeter just outside the shop which reads volts/amps/freq/watts and has a switch so you can read the amps and watts of each leg. I placed the meter outside so I can read it from the house and so I can adjust the throttle while watching the frequency. This set-up pretty much runs my whole house but I just need to watch it if I run our electric oven with other big ticket items at the same time.
 
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Isn't it great! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Residing along the United States Gulf Coast thus far in my lifetime, I have discovered that having a back-up power supply can be worth its weight in gold. As a youngster I spent my share of very uncomfortable days and nights without electricty after a hurricane. Thus prompting me to to purchase one of these. Portable Generator I have the 15KW model which easily carries my entire home. Total load capacity is 125 Amps.

About the only drawbacks are is that it's not diesel and that it's quite noisy. I paid about $2100 for mine 4 years ago.

Norwall
 
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That's cool. I bet that if anyone comes over when you have it hooked up and running, they flip. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif It's not every day that you see a tractor hooked up to a building./forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
One of these days, I am going to have to take some pictures to post of my generator. It is 100 KW with a 166 HP Perkins.
 
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That amps reading looks to be 287...just what kind of oven is it you're running? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

You must get more outages in Sedro than we do here. Usually we only go down for a couple hours, maybe twice a year. The big blow before Superbowl Sunday was the longest we have been out of power and that was only 10 hours. If we had more problems I would consider a genset but what with the new chipper coming, /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif. At least I can chip the trees that come down in the next blow.

JerryG, you share any of that 100kw with the neighbors?
 
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Nice.. I have a northern unit as well.. same model.. Just had mine out testing it a couple weeks ago. I like to fire it up every now and then to make sure it is ready when needed. Great to know that you are not 100% at the mercy of the land line..

Soundguy
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Well the power just went out again so I fired up the tractor to run the genset and as I sit here posting while the entire valley is in darkness I can't help but bask in the glow of my diesel powered light bulbs.

Here is a link to some photos of my set-up.

I just back up my tractor to my small shop where I remove a small panel to allow the PTO shaft to connect to the generator which is a 13kW model from Northern Tools. The genset is mounted on a big, heavy chunk of wood. I plan on making a cover for it soon so it doesn't get covered in sawdust. I also installed a Blue Seas AC multimeter just outside the shop which reads volts/amps/freq/watts and has a switch so you can read the amps and watts of each leg. I placed the meter outside so I can read it from the house and so I can adjust the throttle while watching the frequency. This set-up pretty much runs my whole house but I just need to watch it if I run our electric oven with other big ticket items at the same time. )</font>

Hey neighbor! (sorta) I have that same tractor, about as shiney/new as yours too. You buy it from Scholten's?

How much did the generator run? We've spent a few long hours w/o power too and it wasn't fun. How hard was it to run power from that back to your house?
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( That amps reading looks to be 287)</font>

I wish! More like 28.7. You can barely see the decimal point.

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( You must get more outages in Sedro than we do here. Usually we only go down for a couple hours, maybe twice a year. The big blow before Superbowl Sunday was the longest we have been out of power and that was only 10 hours.)</font>

We get a lot of power outages here since we are at the end of the line and there are tons of trees hanging over these old lines. What's funny is that we didn't loose power on Superbowl weekend when Anacortes and other areas did. I kept waiting for it to go out but it didn't. I even pre-staged the tractor.
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Hey neighbor! (sorta) I have that same tractor, about as shiney/new as yours too. You buy it from Scholten's?)</font>

Yup. From the one on Cook Rd.

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( How much did the generator run?)</font>

It was $1099 from Northern Tools. Here's the Link.

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( We've spent a few long hours w/o power too and it wasn't fun. How hard was it to run power from that back to your house? )</font>

Yeah, we need power since we're on well water, the stove is electric and the woodstove is out of commission until next winter so we need power for the diesel furnace. So, without power we are dead in the water.

To run power to the house wasn't too bad. We moved in last summer and the whole house was on 60A service. Upgraded to 200A service and then dug a trench between the house and shop (about 20') and laid down some conduit with #2 copper and put 100A service in the shop and garage and then wired the genset into the panel in the shop.
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Nice.. I have a northern unit as well.. same model.. Just had mine out testing it a couple weeks ago. I like to fire it up every now and then to make sure it is ready when needed. Great to know that you are not 100% at the mercy of the land line..
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Actually before I bought mine I think I PM'd you about your genset to see if you were satisfied. So thanks for the good word, Soundguy! I'm pretty happy with it. It's not the best construction as far as the windings and the core of the rotor but it works and the price was very right. Not bad for a back-up generator that will probably see 20 hours a year.
 
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