Your last generator Maintenance Run

[Fuddy1952]

For a while I maintained 3 sets of basic tools.
-at work
-at home
-at cottage
Mainly because: 1- fed up carrying back and forth, 2- always missing something or other.

LOL, I'm now retired and everything is at the same location but I'm still looking for 'that' tool.
It used to be that I'd recall exactly where what tool was but now days I sometimes even forget what tool I'm looking for, and LOL, wonder what I needed it for or why I'm there.

Age happens!

Me!
One day I'll have a screwdriver in my hand thinking "What the heck is this for?"

 

[check]

For a while I maintained 3 sets of basic tools.
-at work
-at home
-at cottage
Mainly because: 1- fed up carrying back and forth, 2- always missing something or other.

LOL, I'm now retired and everything is at the same location but I'm still looking for 'that' tool.
It used to be that I'd recall exactly where what tool was but now days I sometimes even forget what tool I'm looking for, and LOL, wonder what I needed it for or why I'm there.

Age happens!

LOL! And don’t forget, one for the truck, one for the wife’s truck, and, best of all one for the tractor toolbox!

 

[Diggin It]

Real Time Mini-Test overnight .....

Power dropped for about 5 seconds, maybe a few more, then restored. Gen started and ran for around a minute, then shut down.

 

[TractorTYMe]

I got to test my Generlink setup on Saturday with the Duramax XP12000EH generator for three hours saturday. It was the scheduled testrun in real life that worked out great.

 

[PILOON]

LOL! And don’t forget, one for the truck, one for the wife’s truck, and, best of all one for the tractor toolbox!

Yep!---Tractor and Car have their own sets.
LOL, just found the one that I had in my travel trailer, now sold but kept the kit.

As to generator test runs----we have enough power outages here that test runs don't need to happen.

 

[3930dave]

Real Time Mini-Test overnight .....

Power dropped for about 5 seconds, maybe a few more, then restored. Gen started and ran for around a minute, then shut down.

Can you program that dropout time, or is it fixed DI ?

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

I got to test my Generlink setup on Saturday with the Duramax XP12000EH generator for three hours saturday. It was the scheduled testrun in real life that worked out great.

Good capacity, and Generlink switching - nice combo !

Rgds, D.

 

[grsthegreat]

Can you program that dropout time, or is it fixed DI ?

Rgds, D.

its programmable from the dealers menu. comes factory set at 6 seconds.

 

[3930dave]

its programmable from the dealers menu. comes factory set at 6 seconds.

Wasn't 100% sure if DI had a Generac or not.... makes sense that is where he's at....

Grid re-connects (meaning, utility-side) usually lockout after about 3 bounces, but I can see why Manual run can be useful for those occasional times the grid doesn't come back solidly for a while....

Rgds, D.

 

[Rustyiron]

I plugged in the block heater on the generator

Just in case.

 

[grsthegreat]

Id much rather have our snow than ice. Been there done that.

 

[Rustyiron]

Those pictures were (today) before lunch. This is now.

Crazy stuff.
I guess I'll unplug the block heater now.

 

[3930dave]

Those pictures were (today) before lunch. This is now.
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Crazy stuff.
I guess I'll unplug the block heater now.

you scared Murph, and the ice away !

Rgds, D.

 

[Williy]

In the last 2 weeks we had 2 days of
29 & 31 degrees for low and 50's high
but mostly 40's night and 70's day. No
power outages so far so no need to run
generator. Suppose to run for 23 hours
on 13 liters of diesel at half load haven't
tried it out to see if its true. electric start
and chose it over gas diesel lasts a long
time and reading about the gas generators
having too many problems. Never had
any problems with the gas until the gov
step in with the corn juice and just like
the a/c freon 12 works great never was
bad for the environment but they had
an instant replacement so you know
something fishy about that deal. 134A
replaced the 12 now they are changing
again so the cost to us is going to be
higher as the Repair shops had to spend
$5k to $20k for new equipment to work
on the 134A. gov steps in walla a crap
shot

willy

 

[Patrick Herd]

the a/c freon 12 works great never was bad for the environment

Err yes it was, in a big way.

 

[5030]

Ozone depleting...........

 

[3930dave]

In the last 2 weeks we had 2 days of
29 & 31 degrees for low and 50's high
but mostly 40's night and 70's day. No
power outages so far so no need to run
generator. Suppose to run for 23 hours
on 13 liters of diesel at half load haven't
tried it out to see if its true.

How many continuous kw rated is your generator Williy ?

Rgds, D.

 

[5030]

Mine automatically exercises' itself for 15 minutes weekly It's a John Deere diesel 30 KW Generac plumbed into my 500 gallon diesel storage tank. Runs the entire farm. 30 seconds after utility drop out, it assumes the load. 15 seconds after the utility comes back online, it kicks out and 'cools down' for 30 seconds. 100% turnkey.

 

[Popgadget]

I’ve got mine set up so that it has to see 5 minutes of utility on frequency and voltage within 7% of nominal leg to leg and each leg to neutral before it will retransfer. 15 seconds seems awfully short for the number of times we get the utility to come back and then go off again shortly.

 

[5030]

Been doing it for years now. It's 15 years old.