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Listeroid Engines / Re: Newbee trying to get of grid
« on: October 28, 2007, 05:44:21 PM »
I'm sure that the 120 volts you have now is AC, your AC comment is confusing
First, welcome to the forum, and I do know where Lake Charles, Louisiana is (grin). I'm in Texarkana. In order to answer your questions I will share my experience. I am using a GTC 12/2 purchased from Doug Waggonner in Tulsa, OK. The engine is hooked to a 7.5 kw ST head and mounted in my barn about 130 feet from my house. I would opt for a 10 kw head if did it over just for the heavier armature and the flywheel effect and perhaps upgrading later. Cost depends on a lot of things, but I can recommend Doug at Waggonner Engine Works and Joel at Power Solutions. A tranfer switch is used to disconnect from the grid and put your generator power into the house. A 200 amp manual switch should be between $250 and $450 (EBAY has them from time to time). Mine is a Ronk brand. I wired my ST head for 120 volt AC output only to get maximum output at that voltage from the head. I don't have enough power to do AC anyway, so I'm leaving the 220 volts off. This is easy to do, by the way. Contrary to the general discussions on this forum this is NOT rocket science. You don't have to be obsessive about the Listeroid or the ST head. Sure they can have problems, but they usually work just fine without overhauling them out of the box. Buy from a reputable dealer, and lean on those of us who have done it.
But what do I know? I'm only a retired physics teacher in Arkansas...........rzrbax