grsthegreat
Super Star Member
Does your controller in the generator say evolution 1.0 or evolution 2.0.
Generator Selection?
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Diggin It
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Any update on shipping backlogs?
Blue Box Store order of #RXSW100A3 is estimated to ship today, but they can't ship what they haven't received. Unless they're having G ship direct.
Blue Box Store order of #RXSW100A3 is estimated to ship today, but they can't ship what they haven't received. Unless they're having G ship direct.
workinonit
Elite Member
I've been running a PTO 25 KW for 20 years or more during outages and running my entire house as if the power was still on. I have no idea where you got this misinformation from.
grsthegreat
Super Star Member
i have no idea if home depot stores any generac product. But 100 amp stuff is easier to get than 200 amp right now
Sawyer Rob
Super Member
I'm always amazed how I read right here on this very site, how these guys brag that their brand tractors will easily run 10,000 plus hours, with only oil changes! Then they are scared to death to run a PTO generator 50, 100 or even 200 hours a YEAR, to make power!
Like you, I have a pto generator and it works "perfectly" to power my whole house!
SR
workinonit
Elite Member
Yep, and my tractor is stingy on fuel, has tons of power and will sit and run at 1715 RPM as long as you keep fuel in it. And it has lights. I built my trailer for the gen and put 2 400 watt MH lights on it. They keep some additional load on it all the time.
workinonit
Elite Member
I can tell you this, my mom and dad had a Generac standby that I installed with a ATS. They have passed away now but when they were in that house either a service tech or I worked on that thing all the time. I finally bought one on an auction that was a telephone company surplus with 150 hours on it for $1000. I never got to change it out and sold it to the guy that bought the house. I don't have those issues with mine.
Rustyiron
Super Member
Anyone have a good recommendation for treating diesel fuel as far as a "biocide" or whatever it's called to prevent the algae growth. I just got a new diesel generator with a 200 gallon tank for a base, I'd like to keep it filled (just in case) but that might be enough for quite a long outage at 20kw. And it won't be pulling 20kw too often or at all.
Any suggestions for an additive or possibly only filling partially?
It's going to live in this little building when I finish it.
Any suggestions for an additive or possibly only filling partially?
It's going to live in this little building when I finish it.
Industrial Toys
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- Kubota R510 Wheel Loader + Cab and backhoe, JD 6200 Open Station, Cushman 6150, 4x4, ten foot 56 hp Kubota diesel hydraulic wing mower, Steiner 430 Diesel Max, Kawasaki Diesel Mule, JD 4x2 Electric Gator
Sawyer, you know we differ on that. Not so much the hours, I couldn't sleep knowing my tractor was running, and as for my old JD 770, full bore, throttle pulled right back, to run my old Onan 15K pto set, perfectly. Fan belt breaks, rad springs a leak or oil pump quits and it's a fifteen grand bill! Maybe not that high, or maybe higher depending on tractor.
2002
Only filling a tank partially is far worse for condensation. And besides, I like having every possible tank always filled anyway.
I made my fuel tank high for this project to limit the exposure area, fuel to air.
2002Only filling a tank partially is far worse for condensation. And besides, I like having every possible tank always filled anyway.
I made my fuel tank high for this project to limit the exposure area, fuel to air.
workinonit
Elite Member
Nice rig! I use the JD stuff but any parts house should have Seafoam or several like it.
