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I know many of you, especially you FL guys, put your generators into action during emergency situations. This weeknd I got to put mine to use for fun and a good cause. The local school down the street had their annual fundraiser and a member of the PTA asked if I could run power at the event...

Look at the diagram in the upper left box. A simple DC circuit with a 1.5 volt battery and a single load that pulls 1 amp. There is an outflow of 1 amp on the upper wire, 1 amp through the load, and a return flow of 1 amp on the lower wire. Total power draw of the load is 1.5V x 1.0 A = 1.5...

L1 = 2292 watts L2 = 1596 watts Total = 3.9 kW

I vote for using a buck converter. They are dirt cheap at Amazon and save your expensive batteries.

When you try to start it from the master switch, do you hear the K2 relay clicking? It's a small contactor buried out of sight, but it makes a distinctive "thunk" when it engages that is heavier sounding than the normal relays behind the gauge panel. It's likely that the K2 is not operating...

I had the same problem and it was exactly as kloppk described. One IP was rotated too far CW and the pin/lever jumped out of the rack and jammed it. ETA: I found my old post with a gif showing the problem...

The IPs should be fully CCW. Rotating them CW can lead to no-start or no-shut-down conditions. No, the fan does not effect the IR gun, but it does lower the surface temp of the manifold you are measuring.

Pull the top, the muffler, and the air cleaner. Run the engine and crack open the high pressure lines, one at a time, and look for fuel being pumped on every cylinder. I'm guessing you have an IP that is not pumping. Are all of your IPs turned fully CCW until the feed hose contacts the...

Midnite Solar sells a MPPT charge controller, that works with wind or hydro generation, with 200 Vdc input and is programmable to work with 12-72V battery banks of various chemistry. The 831A's 24V battery could be rewired to be charged from the controller amd be used as a buffer supply for an...

Those are all good thoughts. I had considered feeding the DC bus of a VFD, but it seemed kinda hacky. The grid-tied inverter is an appealing option, but I need to dig into these more. Do they make models that don't need a grid reference to operate? Idealing, finding one that could run...

Instead of letting the gen float unconstrained, consider using rubber isolators like these sandwiched on either side of that mounting hole. https://www.mcmaster.com/product/9305K131

2x on all the things said above. Mine sitting directly on the dirt tends to dampen the vibration. If the concrete pad is not substantial enough, it could have the opposite effect and act like an impedence matching transformer, transfering more of the vibration energy to the ground.

Would not doubt it. I'm hanging onto my TQGs for Red Dawn II

I know the yard guys (govplanet) have been talking about this computer upgrade the DoD has gone through recently, backlogging the flow of surplus. Our local yard is empty, but they keep saying the floodgates are going to open and they anticipate getting 10 truckload/day of equipment. This was...

Looks and sounds like it is missing, then puff of smoke and its running fine. Could be a couple of things. Bleed down of one of the high pressure lines when off could cause one cylinder to not fire until the air purges. However several minutes is a long time to purge the air. Other...

I was curious how he set it up. The 425 only has 10 more lbs of stated 3pt capacity, but I know people push the 318s much harder than the official numbers. Deere states max real axle load on mine is 1200 lbs, but the Peerless axles itself os rated for 1800 lbs.

I would like to see that 425 in action. I built forks for my 318's 3pt, but lift capacity is only 640 lbs.

I need to up my game. Been looking for a compact tractor, but maybe I need to aim higher.:LOL:

I don't own much in the way of material handling equipment and have typically relied on my tilt-deck trailer and a small dolly with floor jacks to move stuff around. Recently I built a pair of towable dollys to improve my ability to shuffle generators. It got me curious how all of you move a...

Thought of another one... Generator end bearing. These are 2 for $20 for quality Timken bearings. Good to have an extra on hand.