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Rooster79
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« on: December 08, 2013, 09:38:00 am » |
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The ice storm knocked out our power for the last 3 days. The year old Generac on the house died last night, plus its expensive burning propane. I'm gonna try to get it back to runnin this morning. I found a little 1980s Yamaha unit that has been sitting for 15 years with old gas in it. Pulled the carb off cleaned it out and put fresh gas in it. Pulled cord twice and it fired up, ran like sewing machine. Got it hooked to fridge and freezer. Been studying on the PTO units this morning. I've got plenty of tractors around and seems like I could run the whole house off one of them. Anybody use one? What brands? Pros and cons?
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Master Gator
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Reuben
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« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2013, 10:44:46 am » |
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I have heard about them and it sounds like an excellent way to go...my john deere 5400 diesel is very fuel efficient and a pto generator would be great...would not have to worry about carburetor problems...only thing I remember that I didn't like was having to run the rpms so high to make the generator work properly...seems to me low rpms and a gear increaser would be nice hooked up to the pto, and then run the tractor at minimum rpms for fuel economy...be nice to know who runs this type of system as a back up and how it works for them...
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Training dogs is not about quantity, it's more about timing, the right situations, and proper guidance...After that it's up to the dog...
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charles
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« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2013, 10:54:30 am » |
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We used them in the army for our service tck. The gen windings were strong enuf, we could run a cracker box stik weldr off it, but yea, like reuben, gotta high idle it for proper rpm/current out put. Reuben, as i was reading ur post n u were saying havin to run high rpms, my gears started turnin n by the time u said a low to high rpm induction box, i was thinkn bout a big pulley/sprocket at the pto shaft and a real small pulley/sprocket to the gen input shaft. If a person could rig a 3:1 sprocket set up up, it would take 700rmp idel at the pto shaft n increase it to 2100rpm at the gen input shaft. A bearing block, 2 sprockets n a chain, a short pto shaft n u would have a low rpm high output pto generator
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Why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away? An elected legislature can trample a man's rights as easily as a king can!
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Reuben
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« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2013, 11:06:46 am » |
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We used them in the army for our service tck. The gen windings were strong enuf, we could run a cracker box stik weldr off it, but yea, like reuben, gotta high idle it for proper rpm/current out put. Reuben, as i was reading ur post n u were saying havin to run high rpms, my gears started turnin n by the time u said a low to high rpm induction box, i was thinkn bout a big pulley/sprocket at the pto shaft and a real small pulley/sprocket to the gen input shaft. If a person could rig a 3:1 sprocket set up up, it would take 700rmp idel at the pto shaft n increase it to 2100rpm at the gen input shaft. A bearing block, 2 sprockets n a chain, a short pto shaft n u would have a low rpm high output pto generator
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Training dogs is not about quantity, it's more about timing, the right situations, and proper guidance...After that it's up to the dog...
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Shotgun wg
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« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2013, 12:11:41 pm » |
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Something y'all might also look into is power unit generators for center irrigation pivots. U can pick them up at farm auctions for a decent price. They have motor plus generator that will put out 440v this should run a house no problem. I can't recall exactly how manny KW they run. Most of these are set up on belt drive and changeling pully would be simple plus a stand alone unit would allow tractor to be used for clean up duty and tow work.
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Rooster79
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« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2013, 12:55:14 pm » |
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I've thought about that Shotgun, should work good but I'm wanting something in the next day or two. Northern Tool carries the NorthStar PTO generator but don't know anything about them. I would only run it couples hours at a time so I'm not worried about tying up a tractor. Plus I can store it in barn the rest of the year and wouldn't have to worry about another engine to maintain.
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charles
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« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2013, 05:53:54 pm » |
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Oh yea reuben, it only took 1 time of eating them lil brown smart pills found in the woods to figure out they wasnt no good. I got smart fast.  I was lookin at gettin the same thing as a back up power source, and use the same set up to run a hydraulic pump for any hydraulic implements. |
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Why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away? An elected legislature can trample a man's rights as easily as a king can!
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« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2013, 09:31:16 am » |
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I have a northstar 27.5 kw generater and a 3930 newholand tracter(55 hp).I run my whole house on it---ac,dryer,everything.I have to idle my tracter up to about 1700 rpms to keep the generater in"the green".Got an electrician to install a large power chord out of my breaker box to the outside .I kill the main & flip on a 100 amp breaker and put the generater to work.The only problem is if you loose power in the middle of the night, you've got to get your tracter & hook up to the generater and get to where you can plug it in.
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