Randy, Remember this topic? I started it back in 2009 on the microcogen forum.
http://www.microcogen.info/index.php?topic=484.msg5302#msg5302Edited 12/25/2020I attached a spec sheet for the Cat C0.5 engine in the topic. (You have to be logged in to open it) I presume your running the engine at around 2500 rpm’s. The engine should be capable of running a 5000 watt load. The engine will be running close to its full recommended intermittent rating to accomplish this. Below I cut and pasted something that I’ve remembered in the attachment.
IND-C (Intermittent) is the horsepower and speed capability of the engine where maximum power and/or speed are cyclic (time at full load not to exceed 50%).It’s been years since I started this topic and since reading the Cat spec sheet tonight I could of been wrong commenting that the setup I was thinking of building should put out 5000 Watts continuous.
The way I interpret it is full load run time is not supposed to exceed 12 hours in a 24 hour period.
How much of a load can this engine handle in a 24 hour period? I don’t know.
Might be a good question for a Cat application engineer.
Question, does your Cat C0.5 have the oil pan that extends approximately 4 inches from the front of the block below the front crankshaft pulley? This would make a difference. How much, I don’t know.