Finally got the 003 out of the garage

[danjrofpa]

Just want to thank everybody for the guidance. Finally pulled the generator out of the garage and set it in place behind the pole barn. Ready for an outage! Used aluminum truck cap material for the roof and some old rubber roofing for the sides.

 

[steelandcanvas]

Looks good! You're all set for an off-the-grid situation.

 

[Harleyd315]

looks good, lets hope you never need it!!!

 

[storeman]

Well done!

 

[Triple Jim]

looks good, lets hope you never need it!!!

Are you sure we should hope that? I can't say I'm unhappy when the power goes off here any more.

Very nice looking setup.

 

[PA GasPasser]

Just want to thank everybody for the guidance. Finally pulled the generator out of the garage and set it in place behind the pole barn. Ready for an outage! Used aluminum truck cap material for the roof and some old rubber roofing for the sides.

Looks great! If I keep the M116 trailer I have, I now know how to put a top on it instead of looking for a new canvas top.

 

[Tlauden]

Sweet setup!! Love the cut up cap idea!

On a side note what is that digital guage for, in the pics looks like it say 603??

 

[Jimc]

its a frequency meter. reading 60.3hz

 

[storeman]

Did you slave start it. No batteries installed.
Jerry

 

[danjrofpa]

Jerry,The batteries are in there, they are placed opposite of the way you installed yours. I actually purchased 2 sheets of cap material from a local shop that went out of business (20.00 each), they are 98X68 or so. You are correct Jimc, that is my frequency meter, it is hanging on a nail so that I can take it to the house and dial it in (175' away) PaGaspasser, if you want close up pics let me know, it is an inexpensive covering. (what exactly is a GasPasser?, sorry but I just had to ask)

 

[1800 Diesel]

Just want to thank everybody for the guidance. Finally pulled the generator out of the garage and set it in place behind the pole barn. Ready for an outage! Used aluminum truck cap material for the roof and some old rubber roofing for the sides.

Great job setting up the trailer! If I may, a few questions:


Where did you get the flexible tubing for the exhaust? Did you use regular (auto) exhaust pipe to make the rolled sections? Where the exhaust passes through the forward "bulkhead", is that material aluminum or something else? Last question--Is your wiring arrangement set up for a whole house connection?


Again--a great job and very good use of materials!

 

[danjrofpa]

1800, I got exhaust supplies at Napa ( see picture) the flex was a 6 foot section that was exactly enough. The hard pipe is 1 1/2" EMT (Electrical Metallic Tubing for electrical wiring), with 90 degree elbows and compression steel couplings to join the elbows to the straight sections. The flex fits perfectly over the EMT and I cut a 1" long section of EMT, split it and slid it onto the exhaust outlet for a perfect fit for the flex. The bulkhead is just an old piece of treated decking that I had laying around, I drilled over sized holes in it and sealed around the EMT 90 with high temp gasket sealant. I am set up for a whole house connection, I am actually back feeding the panel on the trailer so that I can plug in the battery charger and lights and when power goes out or I run it under load I turn off the main breaker in the house and turn on the generator breaker, you need to be very conscientious when doing something like this because you could fry your generator or yourself if you connect both power sources at the same time (that was my disclaimer) I used 1-1/2" Minerallacs to hang the exhaust. Hope this helps.






Flex-$14.00
Muffler caps-$8.00 ea.
EMT 90-$4.00 ea.
EMT-Free if your friend is an electrician