Kohler 10kw propane genset with Wakasha 4cyl.

[mllud]

I will get a photo of that other tag next trip out there. I'm betting its 4 pole 1800 rpm. Seems logical, I don't see any room for gearing. I'm learning, generators new to me.

 

[mllud]

I googled using littlbills post as food for knowledge.

Question:
Is a 1800 rpm generator 4 pole.

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Yes, an 1800 rpm generator is typically a four-pole generator when producing 60 Hz power. Specifically, a 1800 rpm generator using a 4-pole alternator will generate 60 Hertz power. Conversely, a 3600 rpm generator will have two poles.

It says 1800rpm on the engine tag on the genset. Not that I didn't believe Littlebill
Thinking about it 1800rpm will be a nice easy cruising speed.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Load that baby up, and it's going to be thirsty on propane.

SR

 

[mllud]

It does have a good size fuel feed line and regulator. It appears that it was hard plumbed in with 1" iron pipe. I have two 100# tanks.
I wouldn't be bothered by filling one of those daily rotating the two tanks just during outages if need. Our outages are usually less than a day. I'm on a good size trunk line

That would seem to be a lot of fuel usage.
I could convert it to gasoline.
It seems propane would be more efficient.
Are the propane Generac systems thirsty?

I could never see a payback on the cost of an installed Generac system. Unless the grid fails for ###.

 

[DarkBlack]

Load that baby up, and it's going to be thirsty on propane.

SR

…or convert it to run on gasoline

 

[mllud]

Well, no gasoline then

The tag says 54.8 amps per term. If that's per terminal with two terminals at 240 volts that's 108 Amp max. So, this generator is basically a 100 Amp service.
Is that right?
I wouldn't go much past 80 percent of that.

I'll stick with propane.
Converting my Hyster 8000# lift to propane worked out well.

I could see the generator working pretty hard on a cold winter day. Not using stove or dryer without turning the furnace off.

 

[DarkBlack]

Well, no gasoline then

The tag says 54.8 amps per term. If that's per terminal with two terminals at 240 volts that's 108 Amp max. So, this generator is basically a 100 Amp service.
Is that right?

No. It’s single phase. 54.8 amps is it.
You don’t double the current number.

 

[mllud]

Ok, I need to do some math. The furnace and the coffee maker is all we really need.

 

[mllud]

On a240 generator you have two lines. Two terminals. Thats why I doubled Amperage x-2 two,,terminals.

I. Found this thread. Post#5

Amps ''per term''

On the tag of the generator I restored, it reads, '' amp per term-44 '' what does '' Per term '' mean? In testing , it pulled up to sixty amps, but was pulling hard and at sixty five amps the engine didn't have the power and started to lose rpm. And I did that only to see what its limit was.

www.smokstak.com

 

[LouNY]

54.4 amps per leg x 115 volt = 6.25 KVA
or
54.4 amps x 230 volts = 12.5 KVA or with a power factor of 0.8 10KW.

2 pole generator needs 3600 rpm for 60 Hz power
4 pole generator needs 1800 rpm
6 pole generator needs 1200 rpm
8 pole generator needs 900 rpm
10 pole generator needs 720 rpm

The 10 pole used to be fairly common in the oil and gas processing plants often with several in parallel operation.
Using large inline 6, 8, 10 and even 12's and even a few V configure natural gas engines.