On a military generator

[forst01]

I purchased a military generator, it has bolted on to the front a hooded box with a grill on the sides, it has inside 3 tube, it says on the outside line 1,2,3 and very hot. Pl see attached pics. Does anyone know what this is

 

[ageregunner]

Looks to me like it is a load bank for testing the generator under load. I see large resistors which will get very hot when the load bank is being fed from the generator.

 

[G744]

^this

 

[Guyfang]

So look at the data plate on the trailer. There should be one for the trailer, and one for the load bank, or what ever it is.

 

[forst01]

Looks to me like it is a load bank for testing the generator under load. I see large resistors which will get very hot when the load bank is being fed from the generator.

thanks , its strange they would bolt it on ?

 

[Guyfang]

May be a home brew job. Look for all the data plates.

 

[Evvy Fesler]

Welcome to the forums!

It looks like there are NSNs and other part numbers on some of the paper labels, but the picture isn't focused enough or high resolution enough for my old eyes to read them. Try typing each of the numbers into Google or another search engine. You should find clues.

I agree with the others. The tubes are resistive elements and they are meant to handle heat. The twist lock cord makes me think someone used it for portable testing and they may have mounted it there as a test set where the generator provided power while they worked on the suspect generator. That's just a guess.

Evvy-

 

[rickf]

Probably to exercise the genset under full load to prevent wet stacking. I would love to have that setup.

 

[swbradley1]

And to make it even cooler it has switches so you can control how much load to add/remove. Nice