Your last generator Maintenance Run

[Robin Veerman]

As per my manual, every thousand hours, it takes 10 gallons of trans/hydraulic oil and a filter.

SO, less than another hundred bucks...

SR

Yah, but your comparison was apples to oranges…just an oil/filter service compared to a full major service. Not the same

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Yah, but your comparison was apples to oranges…just an oil/filter service compared to a full major service. Not the same

What are you saying? I said under $50 for an oil change/grease and check over. And then under $100.00 for trans oil/filter change. That would be a "major service", wouldn't it?

I don't buy tractors that cost an arm and a leg "just to own", and then not use them because the service cost too much to run them!

SO AGAIN, I repeat,

YIKES!! Personally, I wouldn't have bought a tractor that cost THAT much, just to use it!

SR

 

[3930dave]

TODAY!
We’re expecting up to 4” snow in Texas, so I thought I’d go fire up the genset and run it.

I was in Houston once, on business, when they had what was announced on the local news as an Ice Storm. Confused the he-double hockey sticks out of this Canuck..... I couldn't see where the Storm was.... finally figured out what was being talked about was puddles of rain, freezing over here and there.

Unless things have changed a lot in TX since BackWhen.... I'd expect 4" of snow being a big disruption down your way.

Rgds, D.

 

[WinterDeere]

I was in Houston once, on business, when they had what was announced on the local news as an Ice Storm. Confused the he-double hockey sticks out of this Canuck..... I couldn't see where the Storm was.... finally figured out what was being talked about was puddles of rain, freezing over here and there.

Unless things have changed a lot in TX since BackWhen.... I'd expect 4" of snow being a big disruption down your way.

Rgds, D.

Power plant cooling systems have been a big problem in Texas, with these rare freezes the last 20 years. Just a year or two ago, they had massive outages and a big kerfuffle that it had happened again, because after the last big outage there was apparently new legislation passed that should have gotten the utility companies in-line with protecting their cooling systems appropriately. The utility companies save money by just running straight water in un-protected cooling systems, and they get away with it most of the time... until temperatures drop to abnormal lows.

And obviously, the place isn't exactly teeming with plow trucks.

 

[3930dave]

Power plant cooling systems have been a big problem in Texas, with these rare freezes the last 20 years. Just a year or two ago, they had massive outages and a big kerfuffle that it had happened again, because after the last big outage there was apparently new legislation passed that should have gotten the utility companies in-line with protecting their cooling systems appropriately. The utility companies save money by just running straight water in un-protected cooling systems, and they get away with it most of the time... until temperatures drop to abnormal lows.

And obviously, the place isn't exactly teeming with plow trucks.

I might be remembering wrong, but with those recent Winter storms (last 10 years) in TX, I'm thinking there was even problems with natgas feeds into utility plants. Sad, as there were direct fatalities due to the bean-counters making the decisions, and not qualified/experienced engineers.

If you are not ready for it, even a minor Winter storm is a huge problem. A buddy of mine was in Windsor, ON (Eastern Kanada's banana-belt) during a Winter storm - he said the city only had one truck (a one-ton p/u) clearing snow on city streets !

So I do get it - for areas that rarely see snow, the best thing most people can do, is Stay Home and make use of all the emerg supplies you have stocked .

Rgds, D.

 

[LouNY]

I might be remembering wrong, but with those recent Winter storms (last 10 years) in TX, I'm thinking there was even problems with natgas feeds into utility plants. Sad, as there were direct fatalities due to the bean-counters making the decisions, and not qualified/experienced engineers.

If you are not ready for it, even a minor Winter storm is a huge problem. A buddy of mine was in Windsor, ON (Eastern Kanada's banana-belt) during a Winter storm - he said the city only had one truck (a one-ton p/u) clearing snow on city streets !

So I do get it - for areas that rarely see snow, the best thing most people can do, is Stay Home and make use of all the emerg supplies you have stocked .

Rgds, D.

I don't know on the new plants, but on the old ones the final control valves were pneumatic valves. Some air one way and spring the other. The main problem when cold temperatures hit those facilities the air lines freeze. Most places had/have various "instrument" air driers, they take maintenance and are a cost that bean counters like to eliminate. Also it used to be part of the "winterization" was to use a methanol injector and flush all the air headers and main lines out all the way to the individual actuators. That was being skimped on even when I was working in the field many years ago (over 20).
I can recall more then once when I was working as contract instrumentation in West Texas that I spent many cold spells running around flushing and bleeding air lines. Back then many of the transmitters and controllers and valves were all pneumatic. Replacing and rebuilding valve positioner while a control valve was bypassed with a manual valve loop, or running temporary air hoses to work around a frozen line. Fun fun fun.

 

[3930dave]

I don't know on the new plants, but on the old ones the final control valves were pneumatic valves. Some air one way and spring the other. The main problem when cold temperatures hit those facilities the air lines freeze. Most places had/have various "instrument" air driers, they take maintenance and are a cost that bean counters like to eliminate. Also it used to be part of the "winterization" was to use a methanol injector and flush all the air headers and main lines out all the way to the individual actuators. That was being skimped on even when I was working in the field many years ago (over 20).
I can recall more then once when I was working as contract instrumentation in West Texas that I spent many cold spells running around flushing and bleeding air lines. Back then many of the transmitters and controllers and valves were all pneumatic. Replacing and rebuilding valve positioner while a control valve was bypassed with a manual valve loop, or running temporary air hoses to work around a frozen line. Fun fun fun.

Made cents, to somebody, but no sense to any tech. :-(

Rgds, D.

 

[grsthegreat]

Generac is now going to sell a new series 28KW air cooled. new redesigned engine with hydraulic valves, new case, new controller, electronic fuel injection and engine control, built in cellular wifi, oil and gas sensor and monitors


looks like im going to have to learn some new service techniques.....im getting too old for this ****

 

[groundcover]

Generac is now going to sell a new series 28KW air cooled. new redesigned engine with hydraulic valves, new case, new controller, electronic fuel injection and engine control, built in cellular wifi, oil and gas sensor and monitors


looks like im going to have to learn some new service techniques.....im getting too old for this ****

Hope that trickles down to the smaller units , might look into one then . Sure don't need 28 KW worth sucking down The LP.

 

[bigtiller]

Generac is now going to sell a new series 28KW air cooled. new redesigned engine with hydraulic valves, new case, new controller, electronic fuel injection and engine control, built in cellular wifi, oil and gas sensor and monitors


looks like im going to have to learn some new service techniques.....im getting too old for this ****

sounds interesting.