Generator HEAD 3000KW -

newbury · May 2, 2019

So goes a CL ad.
I thought DARN that's a big one!
Only wants $250 for it.
Now I've got a 12KW, I've worked a lot with 30KW, I've been around 60 to 100KW.
BUT just how darn big would a 3,000KW be?

Would it fit on a tractor-trailer?

LouNY · May 2, 2019

I'd have a feeling that it was a misprint :laughing:
Here's a 12V71 Detroit on a 450KW unit;
https://www.ebay.com/i/183710432911?chn=ps
:confused3:

The only ones I saw of that size either had a steam turbine or gas turbine powering them.

RNeumann · May 2, 2019

3000kw!?!? That ain’t nothing. I make more power than that pedaling my bike to the store for smokes.

Cummins 3kW Diesel Generator C3 D6E Tier 2 Stationary Emergency 12.47kV

$1,000,000 and 69,000lbs. Let me know, I’ve got my CUT if you need help picking it up and moving it around.

Larry Caldwell · May 2, 2019

newbury said:
So goes a CL ad.
I thought DARN that's a big one!
Only wants $250 for it.
Now I've got a 12KW, I've worked a lot with 30KW, I've been around 60 to 100KW.
BUT just how darn big would a 3,000KW be?
Would it fit on a tractor-trailer?

That's 4,000 hp. I was project manager on a 60,000 sq. ft. med school research lab once, and 3,000 kw was about what we installed as a backup generator. IIRC, it took 4 semis, one for the generator, one for the motor, one for the fuel tank, and one for the transfer switch and power distribution system. The generator was 1100v. 3-phase to keep the copper down. This is a similar system:

4hp CAT Diesel Engine Start Up & Walk Around - Caterpillar Acert C175 2.4MVa 11KV - YouTube

Industrial Toys · May 2, 2019

My Diesel Generator collection has grown to 4, but this would be something I don't have.

3Ts · May 3, 2019

I worked with an engineer one time that had a standby generator installed at her mom's house. She said it was a 16,000 KW generator.

I asked her what her mom was running, that's the size of small power plant! She showed me a picture of the box it came in which said 16 KW. Just a small matter of the decimal point being in the wrong place.