Winco PTO Generator

[Fallon]

The funny thing about people's concern for clean AC power is all PCs, computers & digital stuff runs off low voltage DC. Most PC & laptop power supplies are the most robust gear you can find & will work just fine on really dirty power.

 

[wolf515]

That tongue was much longer then needed and I just put a pin through at the appropriate place.

The straighter the shaft, the better. Almost perfectly straight is obviously the best.

I had a friend with a crooked arrangement and his lights always flickered. I don't know if this was the reason or not. I can't believe that it didn't drive him crazy!

As far as the 3ph goes. You want to stream line the whole operation as much as possible. I had a 12 volt florescent light mounted in the middle of the garage connected to a 12 volt alarm panel battery that was always charged. It was controlled by a clockwork type switch with a green flashing LED beside it, so I can find it in the dark. Nothing like trying to attach a 3ph unit, in a crowded messy shop with just a flash light!

And then, the power comes back on.

The chicken barn where I got my genset, had a hole in the wall for the pto shaft. The genset was just sitting on some blocks!

At my old house I had a interlock kit on the load center in the garage. I wired in a low price LED egress light. It had 2 different light heads each could be independently positioned. Much like what you see in a commercial building on the fire exit door's. That way the light would come on as soon as the power went out. It would keep itself recharged and unlike a flashlight would not grow legs and move just as I needed it. Fairly inexpensive I ordered it from one of the big box stores.

Not saying that this would work in your situation but helped me out quite a bit.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I used to work at replacing these emergency lighting units. One of our contracts was the CBC. So anyway, I quickly amassed a large personal collection of these units. They are good for lighting the way out for commercial/public buildings but not so well suited for home use. If I was away, they might be all dead before I got home.

 

[vsteel]

The funny thing about people's concern for clean AC power is all PCs, computers & digital stuff runs off low voltage DC. Most PC & laptop power supplies are the most robust gear you can find & will work just fine on really dirty power.

They can handle off voltage and frequency shifts, they do not fare so good with high levels of THD. With the constructive and destructive waves, it can cause issues getting the proper level of DC needed for those devices. There is a reason the IEEE specifies clean power for electronics.

 

[wolf515]

I used to work at replacing these emergency lighting units. One of our contracts was the CBC. So anyway, I quickly amassed a large personal collection of these units. They are good for lighting the way out for commercial/public buildings but not so well suited for home use. If I was away, they might be all dead before I got home.

That is always a potability of not being home and they run out of battery. However with the new lithium rechargeable battery and LED technology the unit I had would last for 12 hours. The wife liked it knowing that they would come on so she could start the generator. But like always what worked for me in my one unique situation will not work for everyone.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I always thought some motion detection would be good on these EL lights.




This is the light. It used to be a 12 inch RV style but I recently switched it out. Obviously today LED would be better.



And the clockwork switch with LED locator.

 

[TractorGuy]

Until you can purchase "another bigger tractor" a switch installed that would cut out the top water heater element while on generator power would let your little tractor off the hook a bit. The only down side is that it would take longer to heat the water.

It only takes 30 minutes to heat the tank up then it will hold hot water for 12 hours or more.

This Chinese unit is going back. It's cheap for a reason but has too many flaws for the money spent. Gearbox makes a lot of noise. Gear ratio requires 400 more tractor RPMs beyond normal PTO speed to get to 60hz even at no load. Continually pushes oil out the vent at top. The gen set works and that's about the end of it. The oil didn't have any signs of metal when I changed it and I recovered almost a full quart but I will always worry about the oil blowing out.

 

[mlanierjr]

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but how hot should a 25kw winco get when running a well, water heater, a/c, washer, dryer, lights..... and every thing else in the house for 8-12 hours at the time?

 

[buickanddeere]

10-30F warmer than the ambient air . It is designed for full load at 40C .

 

[mlanierjr]

Mine's to hot to touch for more than a few seconds.