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Generators / Re: Lister Petter AC1 to gen head ...
« on: February 05, 2011, 05:47:27 PM »
Thank you very very much Combustor. That is exactly the sort of information I was hoping to glean here.

We own quite a bit of land here in the rural country of South Carolina so I am going to build a water well and genny shed, where one of our wells is located, for this genny about fifty feet from our home, and insulate the small building so as to muffle some of the noise hopefully.  Also, it is very hot in this part of the U.S., we have palm trees here, so I was thinking of attaching an oil cooler radiator type system and possibly a wrap heat sink of some sort to aid in the air cooling process.

I do not intend to use this set-up continuously but if we were to lose power in an emergency it would certainly be needed to run for the length of the outage, which I suppose in a bad situation could be for a few days perhaps, or more if another hurricane such as Hugo were to strike.

I am glad to know this is a good motor to build the genny from, thank you again Combustor.

Am I incorrect to assume this forum to be located in the United Kingdom? I may be wrong but something tells me it is as in the course of reading so many of the posts I recognize some of the British phraseology from my days training with the SAS up north of Newcastle, Northumberland and Carlisle, below Edinburgh and Glasgow.  I am of Scottish-English descent and my ex-wife is Scot, I met her when she was working at a hospital in Newcastle before they moved me to Reihn Main Germany - I was stationed in Vicenza, Italy at the time with the 509th Airborne Combat Team.  My wife and I stayed married for 24 years and had three lovely girls, all of whom are grown and proud to call themselves "3/4 Scot and the rest British" as they like to brag.

Anyways, thank you for your help friend. :)

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Petteroids / Re: Lister Petter AC1
« on: February 05, 2011, 05:05:01 PM »
Thank you. :)

Yes, I was thinking 4 - 4.5 kva or somewhere in there. But they all seem to come in either 3, 3.5 or 5.

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Petteroids / Lister Petter AC1
« on: February 05, 2011, 07:09:18 AM »
I just bought a Lister Petter AC1 that I intend to turn a gen head.  My AC 1 is a 6.5 bhp at 3600 rpms.

Here are pictures of my engine:




My questions are, is this considered a very good to excellent model?  Is it one of their more durable models?

Also, for genny use I have to have it operating so that it turns the gen head at 1,800 rpms to achieve 60 hertz is it? I am assuming I am going to have to rig pulleys to achieve this, but, is there a way to do this by throttle or governor and extending the life of the engine at the lower speeds at the same time?

Thank you for your advice and input.

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Generators / Re: Lister Petter AC1 to gen head ...
« on: February 05, 2011, 06:34:54 AM »
Here are the specs .... looks like it will turn clockwise or counterclockwise since mine is the AC 1.  Mine came equipped with the electric starter.

Basic Engine Characteristics
 single cylinder
 diesel fuelled
 direct injection
 air cooled
 naturally aspirated
 hand start (electric optional)
 decompressor lever
 inlet and exhaust manifolds
 lifting eye
 250-hour service intervals
 operators’ handbook
 SAE6 bell housing

Design Features and Equipment
 lightweight aluminium alloy crankcase
 large bearing surfaces for low bearing loads and long life
 clockwise or anticlockwise rotation
(AD1 clockwise only) looking on flywheel
 air cooling by means of a highly efficient flywheel-mounted fan
 designed for continuous operation in ambient temperatures up to 52°C (125°F).
 gear-driven lubricating oil pump which supplies oil at constant pressure to all important bearing surfaces
 replaceable cartridge-type oil filter
 mechanical governing provided for fixed or variable speed (depending on build)
 generating set governing available for 1500, 1800, 3000 and 3600 (AC1 only) r/min
 full power available at both the flywheel and the gear end
 range of shafts, reduction gearboxes and hydraulic adaptions available
 hold-down feet integral with the sump, for base mounting

Single Cylinder
Direct Fuel Injection
Min Idle speed 1,000 rpms

I mean, money is an object ... within reason.  I know I am probably going to want to connect the two with pulleys and belts, and I was even wondering if I could do a double-pulley system whereas it turn the gen head plus maybe an auto generator for charging batteries perhaps?  After reading all the other related threads in these forums, I feel like I am in the right place to get started, there seems to be a bunch of very knowledgeable people around ... what direction should I go in if this were you?

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Generators / Lister Petter AC1 to gen head ...
« on: February 05, 2011, 06:34:14 AM »
Greetings and thank you for allowing me to post to the forum and pick your minds about an issue I am having.

I recently purchased a Lister Diesel AC1 engine that I intend to build a generator from.  I know this is going to be a long, drawn out, process of learning ... but I want to eliminate the trial and error as much as possible, hopefully, with your help.

It is made in the UK and I think most of these were made for marine use.
It is rated 3600 rpms at 6.5 hp. 

A SERIES

Power (kW)
2.1 ~ 6.1
Power (BHP)
2.82 ~ 8.18
Description
fixed/variable speed
single cylinder
diesel fuelled
air cooled
direct injection
naturally aspirated
electric start

Here are some pics:




Here is the link to the manufacturer's site:
http://www.lister-petter.co.uk/products_browse.php?browseAction=datasheets&productByType=3&seriesId=353

And here is the gen head I want to attach .... but I think I have to use pulleys to lower the rpms to the gen head to 1,800?

Anyways, would this be the proper gen head?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230576436853#ht_4697wt_907


I mean, is any of this even doable?  If it were you guys, would y'all attempt something like this?

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