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Laidong and alternative fuels
Tanman:
Does anyone have any experience using alternative fuels with the Chinese horizontals? The reason I'm asking is because I found a dealer out of Canada that has Laidong's for almost half the price of his listeroids. I'm wondering if the Chinese horizontals are as versatile with fuels as the 6/1's are? My main objective is a reliable, versatile (fuels), and not so thirsty backup generator for my Subaru Robin 5000kw diesel (which is very thirsty under load).
ajaffa1:
Hi Tanman, sounds to me like a very sensible option. Our old mate Glort has several of these and likes them. Since it is only a single cylinder engine it will have a simple plunger type fuel injection pump which would run well on alternative fuels, I`m not sure if they have any electronic exhaust emission monitoring equipment but I`m sure it could be overridden. I believe that Old Seagull Man is currently experimenting with one of these coupled to a ST5 generator head, you might want to check out a couple of his posts.
Bob
Tanman:
Thanks Bob,
Also, I found a pellet mill company out of Wisconsin that utilizes 22, 15, and 8hp horizontal Chinese diesels for their mills and I just sent them an email. It sounds like they would be willing to sell me just an engine. It sounds like you can run them a little slower and use a little less power and fuel so I'm between the 15hp and 8hp?
BruceM:
The problem with the high speed horizontals is that they are extremely noisy. If you're deaf, no problem, but anyone with normal hearing will be miserable listening to them running for long periods. I wouldn't have on on my property. If my neighbor had one, I'd have to sabotage it.
Thus the popularity of the low speed Lister CS engines for off grid folks who must hear the generator for long periods of time. It's all about the quality of sound, even more than sound level.
The Honda Inverter/generator units are delightfully quiet. I had a man camping on my property who used one behind a hill and I could not hear it.
38ac:
I bought a Laidong 1115 from John Ferguson before he sold out to Jim Calder. I have no experiance running fuels other tjsn diesel but those engines are so far above all other Chinese in quality that they exist in their own relm. They still make some racket.
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