Video of a 60 kW diesel generator being overload tested

sewerzuk · Oct 12, 2011

Thought I would post up a video of me conducting a typical load and overload test on one of my diesel generator sets. Gotta love hearing that turbo scream when I hit it with 120% load!

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Bob Rooks · Oct 12, 2011

Good job.:thumbsup: Curious what you were using for a load bank.
We just repacked both of our 12-645 EMD's (1.3 Mw ea.) and ran them in just like that.

sewerzuk · Oct 12, 2011

Bob Rooks said:
Good job.:thumbsup: Curious what you were using for a load bank.
We just repacked both of our 12-645 EMD's (1.3 Mw ea.) and ran them in just like that.

I have a 300kw resistive load bank that I cool with a 4' box fan. It was permanently installed on a generator to artificially load it. It works good for testing...