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Lister Engines => Lister Market Place (things for Sale) => Topic started by: oldantics on July 01, 2018, 11:51:12 PM

Title: Found old lister generator
Post by: oldantics on July 01, 2018, 11:51:12 PM

Hi need help.. found an old lister generator in my grannies old barn. It's not working but still in decent shape. Was hoping someone would know from the pictures I will add what age it is or if it's worth anything?

Title: Re: Found old lister generator
Post by: AdeV on July 02, 2018, 12:05:29 AM

Hi Oldantics,

If you can find the serial number, that will help us date the engine accurately.

Title: Re: Found old lister generator
Post by: oldantics on July 02, 2018, 12:07:09 AM

Why won't it let me add pictures on this think it saying file size too big.

Title: Re: Found old lister generator
Post by: oldantics on July 02, 2018, 12:15:15 AM

Not sure if I'm reading the serial number but there's a number here 9270/13..
Think it also says
KVA 1.25
Phase 1
Cycles 50
Volts 230
RPM 1500

Title: Re: Found old lister generator
Post by: AdeV on July 02, 2018, 09:45:23 AM

Hi,

I think that’s the alternator plate rather than the engine plate.

Re your photos - most pictures straight from the camera are huge... you need to use some software to resize them smaller. If you use Windows, then I highly recommend Faststone Resizer - free, easy to use, and very versatile.

Title: Re: Found old lister generator
Post by: oldantics on July 04, 2018, 08:05:26 AM

Finally got a way of getting the pictures up
https://www.gumtree.com/p/generators/lister-generator-engine/1305082037

Title: Re: Found old lister generator
Post by: Boxelder on July 04, 2018, 09:13:48 AM

Oh man, that is gorgeous!  Original base and everything.  Wow.

Title: Re: Found old lister generator
Post by: oldantics on July 04, 2018, 01:05:22 PM

Can anyone help with the age of it by the pictures? Has to be at least 1930s or 1940s.

Title: Re: Found old lister generator
Post by: AdeV on July 04, 2018, 04:10:28 PM

Looks like an FR1 engine, which puts it sometime after the end of WW2. Can’t help with an actual date without the engine serial number I’m afraid.

http://www.oldengine.org/members/diesel/ListerData/frtech.htm