Lister Engine Forum
How to / DIY => Generators => Topic started by: ajaffa1 on August 30, 2018, 09:53:11 AM
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Found this on Gumtree in Australia. For anyone wanting to power a small town she
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Sorry, computer sh1t itself half way through typing. Anyone wanting to power a large village or small town would be happy with one of these:https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/somerville/farming-equipment/lister-90-kva-generator/1193731503
What would it cost to rebuild and what would it be worth after?
Bob
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And now the link don`t work so her it is again: https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/somerville/farming-equipment/lister-90-kva-generator/1193731503
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Hey Glort, your probably right, scrap the engine and sell on the Dunlite head.
The best value in generators always come out of hospitals and etc where they have been back up to critical systems. Monthly maintenance and no work, a lot of them even have heating systems built in so the oil and etc are at working temperature the moment they kick in.
The only worry is that the bores may have a bit of glazing due to low load testing, easily cured by a long run under heavy load.
Bob
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Hey Buddy, the protocols for testing back up power vary enormously from one jurisdiction to another and from state to state and country to country. In some areas just checking that it fires up and runs is adequate, while in other areas it is mandatory to have a full dummy load. Hospitals have regular runs on full back up generator power but these are often cancelled due to emergencies and patient requirements.
You wouldn`t want to be the victim of an RTA, be taken to hospital on life support only to find that half way through surgery some maintenance engineer decided to test the back up generator and it tripped out.
Hence a lot of systems don`t fire up as and when they should. Always blamed on maintenance never on management and overloaded public services.
Bob
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The global power requirements for data centers just keeps rising. From Forbes:
U.S. data centers use more than 90 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, requiring roughly 34 giant (500-megawatt) coal-powered plants. Global data centers used roughly 416 terawatts (4.16 x 1014 watts) (or about 3% of the total electricity) last year, nearly 40% more than the entire United Kingdom.Dec 15, 2017