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Dale Leyten (Fdale) (205.234.40.3)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, September 23, 2004 - 2:25 pm: | |
Makita - among others - sells a gas engine genset which drives a DC alternator and then sends current thru a built-in inverter. This makes the unit rpm independent - need more power. turn more rpm. Model G1700I c/w Robin fan-cooled 4-cycle OHV 86-cc. 59-dba, 45.2-lbs. For those who need a small genset. Pricy tho' - where I work cost price $1700.00 Cdn |
Johnny (4.174.109.165)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, September 24, 2004 - 10:08 am: | |
Hmm...how powerful do they offer? I need a 12V genset. |
FAST FRED (4.245.170.218)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, September 24, 2004 - 3:22 pm: | |
Panda offers the finest in Kraut engineering , in many sizes , but Yacht pri$ing.
With a good inverter , it should seem the DC gen set could easily be homebrew.
Not hard to get the throttle (volts sensative) from a welder and hook your favorite lawn mower (kubota) to an old bus alt .
Would be the worlds best battery charger , for a really LARGE house bank!
For this I would use 24V , and an inveter big enough to start 2 air cond, Trace 2440 or equal.
FAST FRED |
Jim G. (216.29.3.165)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, September 24, 2004 - 11:59 pm: | |
Honda has been making invertor equiped gensets for quite a while. They run only as fast as needed in 1k, 2k & 3k sizes, and are very quiet.
Jim G. - Ohio 1979 RTS-II |
Derek (Derek_L) (24.83.196.239)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, September 25, 2004 - 1:28 am: | |
I have to second that; I worked around on all summer (a 3KW model) and sometimes I'd forget that it was running and have to go check (stand within 3').
Then I'd remember that if the genset went out, the lights would too.... |