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From: RoyJ on 24 Jun 2010 11:25 > > Ground rods are nice. Ground rods are MANDATORY for what the OP wants to do!!!! There should be a ground rod pounded in near where the unit will parked when running, a nice #8 copper wire going from the generator chassis to the rod. A ground strap from generator to trailer frame. This goes double if it is expected to running in semi flooded conditions or near salt water. > > Exactly how your going to connect to devices is always interesting. Yep. setups that are code legal for the 99.8% of the time you are on grid power and that are flexible for alternate power take some planning and $$$ > > >>> Are there are water cooler gen's of this size ?? >> Yes. They are bigger, heavier, quieter, & more expensive. There is a reason >> why most cars have water cooled engines! >> >> Vaughn >> >> >>
From: RoyJ on 24 Jun 2010 11:36 Good comment about testing fully loaded. I just picked up a 20 kw electric furnace heating assembly. I'll derate it by running the elements on 120 rather than 240, makes for a nice switch selectable 5 kw load bank. The OP could make do with 2 or 3 stove burner elements. > > Also when you wake up at 3AM worrying about mice, consider doing a > exercise run of the generator set. Run for about an hour or so (fully > loaded) at least every 30 days, and at critical times, maybe every two > weeks. Also don't forget to keep the battery charged! (and to have > fuel, lots of fuel, on hand...)
From: amdx on 24 Jun 2010 12:36 > You can make sound baffles for noise. > > Ground rods are nice. > > Exactly how your going to connect to devices is always interesting. > Ya! The initial purpose is to keep 12 chest freezers running. Now that I have a 9,600 watt generator, there is some thought about getting a transfer switch installed, so I can have air conditioning during a hurricane power outage. Mike
From: GregS on 24 Jun 2010 13:05 In article <42adf$4c238967$18ec6dd7$7163(a)KNOLOGY.NET>, "amdx" <amdx(a)knology.net> wrote: > >> You can make sound baffles for noise. >> >> Ground rods are nice. >> >> Exactly how your going to connect to devices is always interesting. >> > Ya! The initial purpose is to keep 12 chest freezers running. >Now that I have a 9,600 watt generator, there is some thought about >getting a transfer switch installed, so I can have air conditioning during >a hurricane power outage. > Mike > > One at a time start-up.!!!!
From: Jim Wilkins on 24 Jun 2010 13:31
On Jun 24, 1:05 pm, zekfr...(a)zekfrivolous.com (GregS) wrote: > In article <42adf$4c238967$18ec6dd7$7...(a)KNOLOGY.NET>, "amdx" <a...(a)knology.net> wrote: > > >> You can make sound baffles for noise. > > >> Ground rods are nice. > > >> Exactly how your going to connect to devices is always interesting. > > > Ya! The initial purpose is to keep 12 chest freezers running. > >Now that I have a 9,600 watt generator, there is some thought about > >getting a transfer switch installed, so I can have air conditioning during > >a hurricane power outage. > > Mike > > One at a time start-up.!!!! If you are sure you will be around maybe you could wire a relay contact with a parallel indicator light in series with each compressor, and use an aux contact and a momentary pushbutton to close and latch the relay until the compresser turned itself off. Each freezer would then light the indicator to request power when its thermostat tripped and you could start them one at a time. A switch across the relay contacts would let them run automatically. Will they stay cold enough overnight? http://www.industrial-electronics.com/motor_control/3b_Three-Wire_Control_Circuit.html M is the relay. The capacitor-like elements are its contacts and the circle is the coil. I know, both the text and schematics of control circuits are like a foreign language even if you studied electronics. jsw |