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« on: January 30, 2007, 02:04:35 AM »
Wow, your really into this! Good to hear. You are much farther along than I am of course. I'm hoping to have the gen building finished in a couple of weeks then I'll get this contraption out of the garage and into a permanent setting. A couple of things I failed to mention. The 195 has a fuel rack limit adjuster on the side of the accessory drive face plate. I have increased the fuel limit a bit so this engine will make an easy 15+ hp. This applies to all diesels. Want more hp? Open up the rack. As long as you keep the exhaust temperature within reason it is a safe way to get extra hp for starting loads. Do it all the time at work. The other thing is I am running two 3kw inverters so that under normal load the engine will be down at the lower rpm (my fuel saver mode)with only one inverter on line. If I need more than the 3kw for the A/C or other loads that exceed the single inverter I will go to the 1800 rpm setting and bring on the #2 inverter. These inverters are powered by 150amp 0 to 120vdc Caterpillar alternators. The inverters regulate the alternator output at 60VDC and are not frequency sensitive so that is how I can run the two different speeds and still produce 120vac at 60hz from the output side of the inverters. Each alternator has a single v belt using the flywheel outer diameter down to the 3" pulleys on the alternators. The minimum rpm for the alternators is 2000rpm and 10,000 max rpm. So far this seems to be what I will stay with. I really don't intend to automate the system and will just apply the "kiss" principle. I actually ran the engine out of fuel today, seems 2 gallons doesn't last forever. So that only leaves me with 298 gallons left in my SHTF stockpile. Surprising how easy it is to collect a gallon here and there from changing filters at work.
John