Kohler 10kw propane genset with Wakasha 4cyl.

[Little Red Tractor]

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 ###.

If it's "hard" plumed with 1" iron, are you sure it was set for propane and not natural gas?

 

[mllud]

I really don't know, it could be natural gas. I hope it says somewhere on a regulator or carb.
I couldn't get to that side of the engine very well. Its about 60 miles away. I hope to get it home soon.

 

[mllud]

I don't know if the regulator size or design tells anyone with gas experience if its propane or N.G.
It's about 8" in diameter which may be just to match the plumbing size.
It doesn't say on the engine tag unless its coded into the model number or other tag information.
Kohler has a lot of information online that I need to pursue.
That may be 1/2" or3/4" black iron pipe not 1" ,by looking at the fitting on the fuel solenoid and comparing it to one on my fork truck.

 

[terrtay]

Looks like Innio is the company name now and still in business. What you bought is still their business, they say they build remote power generation as their specialty.

Good morning , Just for your info for 60 hertz a 2 pole generator will need to rotate at 3600 RPMs , a 4 pole generator rotates at 1800 and a 6 pole is 1200 RPMs and so on

 

[terrtay]

one of these days I'll learn to read all the postings before I comment to keep from saying whats already said

 

[mllud]

one of these days I'll learn to read all the postings before I comment to keep from saying whats already said

your not alone. I do that sometimes. Its all good

 

[Stevehogan]

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[grsthegreat]

a 10 kw generator will provide about 42 amps @ 240 volts of power. Or 84 amps at 120 volts.

But generators like this are generally hooked into a whole house or building operation and operate at 240 volts.

 

[grsthegreat]

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.

No, a 24kw generator has a 100 amp service rating.

 

[MarblemountLane]

Sounds like a real find. The model and/or serial number may allow you to look up the answer to your fuel question. But propane is more likely than natural gas. In a given engine, gasoline makes more power than propane, propane makes more power than natural gas. But propane is very clean and stores very well.

It is correct that the number of poles on the rotor determines rpm. Rather than remember fiddly details like 60Hz is 120 reversals of current direction in a second, and there are 60 seconds in a minute, just remember 7200. 7200 divided by the number of poles gives you rpm; divided by rpm gives you the number of poles. In my 45 years as a Hydroelectric Operator, I did operate a couple of units with only 10 poles, small “house units” around 1.2 Megawatts. Going above 100 Megawatts, we had units with 48 poles that turned 150 rpm.

That Waukesha Kohler is a find. It’s old enough to be well built. I once had a WWII surplus Kohler with tiny 4 cyl. gas engine, rated 1.2 Kw but would carry more than twice that. 1800 rpm machines tend to be quieter, much preferred for RVs. Sure my 1964 vintage 2.5 kw Onan Vacuflo is much heavier than a modern 2500 watt, 3600 rpm machine, but it was built to LAST.