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[Industrial Toys]

I have a couple of Dynagen controllers for upcoming projects.

Never knew someone in Newmarket was assembling plants.

You do know about wet stacking I guess. I worry about running a thousand or less watts on a 7.5KW (Kubota) set for any length of time. And if in winter, giving it some heating load just to make it happy, is expensive heat.

Are they new Perkins or something Chinese made under license? Any emmissions stuff?

 

[Blaszer]

Yes, familiar with wet stacking, and I shouldn’t have any issue on this unit with the rate at which we use the utility power in my household :laughing:

We usually need backup power about 5-7 total days a year, but those days are always the hottest or coldest of the year.

Brand new perkins produced in GA, USA. At this point, there is no emissions equipment on them (about a 30hp unit). BUT, with how the EPA is... they very well may implement emissions requirements on standby emergency systems at any point.

 

[Blaszer]

 

[RoyKing]

Perkins and Mecc Alte are quality gear, with good access to parts, should do a fine job

 

[90cummins]

Great video!
If that is how they actually assemble them using quality components I would purchase from them if I needed one.
High quality hardware, loctite & torquing, absolutely!!
90cummins

 

[Industrial Toys]

I think they stole the Music from Mr. Rodgers.

Are there any specs as to fuel consumption at various loads?

 

[3930dave]

There is somebody on TBN here (can sort of picture his avatar.... House w. snow....) running an Aurora system..... may have even posted in this thread....... if my memory kicks in w. a name, I'll post....... (Down East, NS I think).

I have a good impression so far of Aurora, haven't heard anything bad (but admittedly haven't been looking heavily....).

Rgds, D.

 

[Industrial Toys]

CRAZY. Broke down and bought a new group 27 starting battery for my Onan/Kubota conventional 7.5 genny. Hooked it up, NADA! (Why would it?)

Seems my FORD starter solenoid issue is haunting me again. It would only start with a really good battery. And then there is a slight delay before the starter energizes. Curious. Is it a mistake to run a starter that has a starter solenoid, off of a Ford style relay? It's almost like it's not a case of too much current through the relay contacts but not enough. And, don't those contacts rotate, so you might get a different spot every time?

 

[aczlan]

CRAZY. Broke down and bought a new group 27 starting battery for my Onan/Kubota conventional 7.5 genny. Hooked it up, NADA! (Why would it?)

Seems my FORD starter solenoid issue is haunting me again. It would only start with a really good battery. And then there is a slight delay before the starter energizes. Curious. Is it a mistake to run a starter that has a starter solenoid, off of a Ford style relay? It's almost like it's not a case of too much current through the relay contacts but not enough. And, don't those contacts rotate, so you might get a different spot every time?

Are you talking about using a second relay to control power going to the coil on the main relay?
If so, that is not uncommon, John Deere actually has a kit for their lawn mowers because they had issues with getting enough voltage and amperage through all the safety switches and to the relay by the starter, so they sell a kit where the key switch and all the safety switches turn on a small relay which then turns on the main starter relay.

Aaron Z

 

[Industrial Toys]

I had another on the shelf that had given me trouble years ago and yet another that for the moment works. It just occured to me though that the issue is NOT enough current. It's twice this week, I have experienced that. I was trying to put .5 ma DC through a module with a relay that had a 12 amp rating and had very unpredictable results.

But yes. Little circuit board relay operates FORD style relay, that operates starter solenoid attached to starter motor, that switches starter motor.