Generator

[shumungus]

Now that really is a proper job.
Biggest prob with ours is remembering to give it a run every month & making sure the battery hasn`t gone flat when you need it to start at 2am.

Buy a maintenance / trickle charger and stick it on it. It'll pay for itself with longer battery life alone.

 

[frederick]

No it's not!

That's not so good from that angle. Stillagood shed where is the water coming from

 

[upnortheast]

Buy a maintenance / trickle charger and stick it on it. It'll pay for itself with longer battery life alone.

Not simple, Nearest socket is 30 m away across a yard. The genny is next to the meter cabin. Connections are 160 amp. Would need the sparkey to put a 13 amp supply in. Not a major problem but never got round to it

 

[Jdunn55]

That's not so good from that angle. Stillagood shed where is the water coming from

From an outside yard, the drains are all wrong, currently have loads of water wash through into this section then the silage clamp, same in 2 of the other sheds, going to apply for concrete and drainage this year under stewardship as currently the water mixes with dung/slurry and then goes somewhere it shouldn't which is why I'm trying my best not to use the sheds affected (don't want ea after me!)

 

[Hard Graft]

Not simple, Nearest socket is 30 m away across a yard. The genny is next to the meter cabin. Connections are 160 amp. Would need the sparkey to put a 13 amp supply in. Not a major problem but never got round to it

You do it for less than £150 for the charger distribution board and plug

 

[Fergieman]

Our supply is off for 6 weeks due to moving line and posts away from a river.
We have been supplied with an Atlas Copco 100kva generator which is connected just after the transformer.
Split phase from a 3 phase genny, been looking at the display on it phase 1 92amps, phase 2 0amps and phase 3 76amps. This is the farm and 10 houses.
26000 hours on the genny, what would be considered high hours for a genny?

 

[Netherfield]

Our supply is off for 6 weeks due to moving line and posts away from a river.
We have been supplied with an Atlas Copco 100kva generator which is connected just after the transformer.
Split phase from a 3 phase genny, been looking at the display on it phase 1 92amps, phase 2 0amps and phase 3 76amps. This is the farm and 10 houses.
26000 hours on the genny, what would be considered high hours for a genny?

What would you consider were high hours if it was a tractor engine?

 

[upnortheast]

Split phase just uses 2 phases, hence the display.

N Powergrid had us on a genny for a couple of weeks when they were rebuilding the lines
Genny dies about 7pm on a saturday night. Had a replacement running before midnight

 

[Fergieman]

Split phase just uses 2 phases, hence the display.

N Powergrid had us on a genny for a couple of weeks when they were rebuilding the lines
Genny dies about 7pm on a saturday night. Had a replacement running before midnight

We've had that this week 2nd day running and genny cuts out due to leaking coolant.

 

[Grassman247]

Our supply is off for 6 weeks due to moving line and posts away from a river.
We have been supplied with an Atlas Copco 100kva generator which is connected just after the transformer.
Split phase from a 3 phase genny, been looking at the display on it phase 1 92amps, phase 2 0amps and phase 3 76amps. This is the farm and 10 houses.
26000 hours on the genny, what would be considered high hours for a genny?

We got old used generators here must have 10k hours on

 

[upnortheast]

We've had that this week 2nd day running and genny cuts out due to leaking coolant.

Give them hell,
26,000 hours, it`s well worn.

 

[sjt01]

Give them hell,
26,000 hours, it`s well worn.

Our biogas CHP set has 110,000 hrs on it, due for 112,000 hrs service soon

 

[upnortheast]

Our biogas CHP set has 110,000 hrs on it, due for 112,000 hrs service soon

One careful owner since new ,,.
Not one of those triggers broom jobs is it ?

 

[sjt01]

One careful owner since new ,,.
Not one of those triggers broom jobs is it ?

We commissioned it on 18 Feb 2011 and it has been running pretty much all the time since, apart from services etc. Every 28,000 hrs it has new pistons & heads, new conrod bearings. Every 56,000 hours it has a complete stripdown and new main bearings, camshaft bearings etc.. Block, crankshaft, camshaft etc are all original. As I write, it is now at 110727 hours.
We change oil every 1350 hours (determined by oil analysis) and check tappets and change spark plugs every other oil change.

 

[Timbo]

We commissioned it on 18 Feb 2011 and it has been running pretty much all the time since, apart from services etc. Every 28,000 hrs it has new pistons & heads, new conrod bearings. Every 56,000 hours it has a complete stripdown and new main bearings, camshaft bearings etc.. Block, crankshaft, camshaft etc are all original. As I write, it is now at 110727 hours.
We change oil every 1350 hours (determined by oil analysis) and check tappets and change spark plugs every other oil change.

Do you still find the methane rots the heads n pistons, what about the generator head bearings & brushes, and do you use a methane specific oil in the sump ? Just wondering...

 

[sjt01]

Do you still find the methane rots the heads n pistons ?

The main problem with heads is valve seat recession, the change is preventive, I think we could run quite a bit longer but cannot afford breakdowns

 

[Timbo]

The main problem with heads is valve seat recession, the change is preventive, I think we could run quite a bit longer but cannot afford breakdowns

Looked into Flashlube ??

 

[sjt01]

Looked into Flashlube ??

Not heard of it, what is it?

 

[Timbo]

Not heard of it, what is it?

Very commonly used with LPG back in the day to stop VSR. Basically a drip fed high concentrate lead substitute:

Flash Lube Valve Saver Kit - Series 2

Kit for Saving Valves with Fluid for Autogas, LPG converted engines. New, better Series 2.

lpgshop.co.uk

 

[upnortheast]

We commissioned it on 18 Feb 2011 and it has been running pretty much all the time since, apart from services etc. Every 28,000 hrs it has new pistons & heads, new conrod bearings. Every 56,000 hours it has a complete stripdown and new main bearings, camshaft bearings etc.. Block, crankshaft, camshaft etc are all original. As I write, it is now at 110727 hours.
We change oil every 1350 hours (determined by oil analysis) and check tappets and change spark plugs every other oil change.

Suspect the Northern Powergrid genny at @Fergieman will not have had as much care & attention