sandman2234
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- Jacksonville, Florida
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- JD2555 and a few Allis Chalmers and now one Kubota
First off, I know the standard rule that it takes two horsepower per kilowatt of power.
However, I have a freind with a small (13/11 hp) tractor that wants to adapt a like new generator head that the gasoline engine tossed a rod. Since it was gasoline, I am going to assume that it was a 3600 rpm generator head (straight coupled). He wants to adapt this to his to his pto, which is three speed. Since he would probably use the fastest pto speed, and gear it up(sheaves and belts) to somewhere close to 3600 at close to full throttle(no tach), we are trying to figure out what the available horsepower is going to be, at the generator head.
Since the diesel engine is rated at 13, and pto is rated at 11, what is normal for the faster speeds to be calculated at, or is it the same, due to horsepower being figured at a rate of speed? Can anybody give a rough estimate what the final horsepower is going to be once it enters the generator head? (or how many kilowatts it may use of the available 8KW?)
before it over taxes the tractor?
Thanks in advance,
David from jax
However, I have a freind with a small (13/11 hp) tractor that wants to adapt a like new generator head that the gasoline engine tossed a rod. Since it was gasoline, I am going to assume that it was a 3600 rpm generator head (straight coupled). He wants to adapt this to his to his pto, which is three speed. Since he would probably use the fastest pto speed, and gear it up(sheaves and belts) to somewhere close to 3600 at close to full throttle(no tach), we are trying to figure out what the available horsepower is going to be, at the generator head.
Since the diesel engine is rated at 13, and pto is rated at 11, what is normal for the faster speeds to be calculated at, or is it the same, due to horsepower being figured at a rate of speed? Can anybody give a rough estimate what the final horsepower is going to be once it enters the generator head? (or how many kilowatts it may use of the available 8KW?)
before it over taxes the tractor?
Thanks in advance,
David from jax