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I am obsessed.
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In the old Bruce Hotel?Carnoustie OK - Rolex golf course - plus I own a flat there
In the old Bruce Hotel?Carnoustie OK - Rolex golf course - plus I own a flat there
You sure it's only 250kva? Smallest genset I can recall seeing with a Scania V8 is around 500kva .We have a 250kva with a V8 scania engine at a local farm. Noisy old lump I prefer a straight 6.
Those early 14l v8s were only rated at 350hp in a truck so at 1500rpm the continuous rating would be 300hp absolute maximum.You sure it's only 250kva? Smallest genset I can recall seeing with a Scania V8 is around 500kva .
Could be it's a mis-match bodge job of motor and alternator maybe?
For sure it'll be a rowdy sod whatever.
Yep, My 175 Honda had a similar centrifugal particle collector (on the crankshaft) - back in the 1960s. I 4xpect most Hondas of that period had them fitted.Honda 50s do too....
If I remember correctly I read about that and the generator is not actually a electrical generator it is some sort of gas compressor?Best of both worlds?
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When the North Selby Mine Project was built. I was at Stillinfleet. They would start up a bank of gensets in 20ft containers (did see in side). Form cold to full chat with no warm up what so ever. They did the same with the Fire suppression ringmain as well. I was stood on a 2m manhole ring, one time, it blow the gate in the man hole lifting the biscuit and me some way sky wards.We used to test the generators at the foundry every Saturday morning by pulling the supply fuses and making sure they started, one summer shutdown the electric company had to do some work on the feeder to the factory, do you think we could get the generators to start
You've a lot to learn.... you used far too much black ink on LudditeLuddite - that is "me" - I only wanna own things that work. I m the UK's number one - LUDDITE...
I've had several bikes with that cup thing on the end of the crank, that needs cleaning occasionally.Honda 50s do too....
Most emergency gen sets I've had anything to do with on ships have block heaters in, so the whole engine is fairly warm all the time. That takes a bit out of the shock out of quick starting and loading them up.When the North Selby Mine Project was built. I was at Stillinfleet. They would start up a bank of gensets in 20ft containers (did see in side). Form cold to full chat with no warm up what so ever. They did the same with the Fire suppression ringmain as well. I was stood on a 2m manhole ring, one time, it blow the gate in the man hole lifting the biscuit and me some way sky wards.
Oh these werent warm in the slightest, this was 81-83' COLD winters. Dead stop to Max in the blink of an eyeI've had several bikes with that cup thing on the end of the crank, that needs cleaning occasionally.
Most emergency gen sets I've had anything to do with on ships have block heaters in, so the whole engine is fairly warm all the time. That takes a bit out of the shock out of quick starting and loading them up.
Wow its got that bad.thats like 25% less than a palls workshop lecky price. (unit price no standing cost included)
Stu
The ships I used to work on all had huge computer rooms, with hundreds of computers and dozens of screens, recording thousands of channels of data. To protect all that gear they had 'clean power' generators. Basically an electric motor, powered from ships power, that ran a generator into huge banks of batteries, and thence to the instrument room. Nothing else was connected to that system except the computers.I asked a few questions and discovered that they were running on pure sinewave power, totally spike and voltage variance free.
? thought red was a thing of the past , farmers and the like now having to claim any differance/allowance if justifiable back after buying standard, or didnt that go through?You also have to remember farmers can use red.
No. Red still available. Just the range of permitted uses was narrowed greatly. Farming still a permitted use.? thought red was a thing of the past , farmers and the like now having to claim any differance/allowance if justifiable back after buying standard, or didnt that go through?
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As @Deltic says certain sectors still use Red, Agriculture and Fisheries being two of them. There may be more but that is the two I know of.? thought red was a thing of the past , farmers and the like now having to claim any differance/allowance if justifiable back after buying standard, or didnt that go through?