Small diesel generators

[dex3361]

Well I had a failure on the Aurora Generator when I had to use it a few weeks ago. I smelled an electrical smell and noticed the hour meter quit working. I searched and found a replacement online. I decided to install a Volts, Hertz, Hour meter I found on eBay. METER

 

[TimberXX]

Where you able to remove the hourmeter, and keep running the unit? I would assume yes, but just asking.

 

[dex3361]

Where you able to remove the hourmeter, and keep running the unit? I would assume yes, but just asking.

Yes it ran fine without it. Just like to keep a tab on the oil changes and I thought the Hertz, Volts and Hours on the same meter was a better option. I got the parts from
dieselgeneratorparts eBay

 

[Fi-Q]

How many hours have you put on the aurora yet ?

 

[dex3361]

How many hours have you put on the aurora yet ?

I have about 50 hours run time on the machine so far. I still have the original battery in it too. I didn't think it would have lasted 2 years.

 

[Fi-Q]

Ok, thanks. I am just curious what are the real number people are getting from those genny. Hopefully it wil last you at least 1000 hours

 

[dex3361]

Just a heads up to those who may be purchasing one of the Aurora generators it appears that the generator that I bought from Aurora was actually an Opti generator. I knew it was shipped from their warehouse in Georgia but when I ordered parts from Opti the guy told me that Aurora was no longer selling the Opti sourced generators. Just a heads up to those who may be getting ready to make a buy. Here is the liink to the generator from Opti that appears to be where mine came from. :thumbsup:

 

[ALABAMAOFFGRID]

Hey guys. Thanks for this thread! I've looked at several small diesel generators and it's always good to find real world experiences.

I just watched a youtube video of a prototype Aurora generator being tested. It is a new two cylinder liquid cooled 6 kw diesel that runs at 1800 rpm's! I called Aurora and asked them when It would be available. They said possibly this winter early 2013. I'm happy to see someone working on a 6kw generator that runs at a lower rpm besides the 4kw Yanmar that Central Maine Diesel sales. I have not found anyone who owns one of the 4 kw Yanmars from Central Maine Diesel, plus they are expensive compared to Aurora.

 

[DarkBlack]

6kw, liquid cooled , 1800 rpm, twin, diesel, china priced-decent quality, I'm getting exited. I think they will sell a lot of them. I might even be one of them. I'd love to see some useful, production changes come for the better requestst of this net.

 

[jenkinsph]

I like my Onan 5.5 commercial diesel genset on my service truck, it has a Kubota diesel that runs at 2800 rpm and has performed flawlessly for the last nine years. I think is pretty quiet for a diesel and is economical to run too. While I have had diesel gensets in the past that turned slower there wasn't any real savings in operating costs that I could determine. The larger slow turning motors used more oil, larger and more ezpensive filters and were alot larger and heavier, so no real savings at least for mobile applications.