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38 minutes ago, mrsmackpaul said:

The electricity is kinda a must have these days 

Best get it sorted

Mind you,  as Joey suggests, they arent that dear to buy new these days

I do like my old CS Listers, still made new today in India 

 CS is cold start

Start them when it's freezing with a crank handle just fine

They do about 650 rpm full noise

 

They had them on farms all over Australia, right up into the 90's in the more remote regions and probable still do have them

They just chug away 

I had 2 cylinder ones on 8 inch irrigation pumps, chug chug chug, 24 hours a day 

Twice a day pull the rocker cover off and squirt some more oil in

They are good motors and diesel as well 

 

Paul 

Look at that thing. Like paul said..... run run run.  Now ?   it'd have to have a particulate filter and DEF and all that fancy ECM and all.  

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i am partial to Onans. but the Listers cant be beat. 

i have an Onan 15kw air cooled natural gas unit, and a 17.5 KW water cooled diesel.

plus a 5kw portable, an 10 kw gasoline burner, and 2 minis. a 1800 watt ryobi inverter set,, and a 2400 watt yamaha inverter set.

whatever you do, steer clear of generac units. they are worse then harbor freight units.

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when you are up to your armpits in alligators,

it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp..

3 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

my harbor freight 7500w  runs and powers up great...  starts 1-2 pulls,  does what I need..  its 5 years old, and I trust it..  

did not mean it that way JOJO. the problem with HF units is when they break, parts are almost impossible to get. 

but properly maintained(which most do not do) they run for damn near forever. 

unfortunately the generac got the name generjunk because they are the "most selling generator in the world" 

mainly because when they will not run and people take to a repair shop, the shop says "it is not worth fixing. but i will sell you a new one" and the idiots buy another one just for it to break again and not be worth fixing. 

my newest Onan is 35 years old. and has 42.6 hours on it.

the 15.0 JC is an 1984 build, and has 568 hours on it. 

the 10 kw is a 1956 build. no hour meter. it was the backup generator for the West Windsor State Police barracks until it closed in around 2005. it was purchased by the retiring station mechanic, who sold it to me in after he bought a larger set in oct 2012 the week before hurricane sandy hit. 

the newest of the little ones is the ryobi, and it alredy has close to 25 hours on it. 

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when you are up to your armpits in alligators,

it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp..

no sweat tjc,,   I just take care of my stuff, if neglected I dont know how long it would last..  because of what it does, I make sure it is road ready..  all good.. and yes, if the genny part fails, the unit is done..  not worth fixing for sure..  

Well, according to the only parts house I

I can find that sells for parts for it  piston kit, connecting rod and gasket set around 200 bucks plus shipping also ordering 4 engine mounts  thier all dry rotted everything 200

Bob,  Just curious,,  Do you know how to put a double 30 breaker in your house panel ( if there is an open slot for one) ?  If so, you can install a good safe plug outside the panel to backfeed the panel, and put power to the house.  You may not be able to run everything, but you will be able to keep the fridge, lights, and wi-fi, working.  obviously I dont know what utilities you have, but what i'm saying is doable...  Jojo

when i used the 10KW i had a double male plug that i ran from the generator to the welder outlet in the garage to back feed the power panel. 

which is illegal, but many people do it. 

reason it is illegal is because people forget to turn the power panel main off before plugging the generator in. 

if you dont turn the main of, the generator will try to power everyone on that line, overload, and burn up. also when the power does come back on, it can overload the generator and burn it up.

i now have an automatic transfer switch that switches the power from public line to generator withing 30 seconds of power outage. then when power comes back on, it senses it and turns the generator off and switches back to public lines.

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when you are up to your armpits in alligators,

it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp..

Bob, the guys are right..  I dont have an ATS but, I do very well to switch over correctly...  maybe someday I will get an ATS or mabey just a Manual one... 

They are High dollah,  But are also really nice..my little 10K powers most of my house, but not al, and certainly not all at once.. 

we lose power about 6 times a year.  There are a lot of trees and 'Crack heads' that take out the lines in my area..


doesn’t happen that often here but when it does, you know how that is mobile homes seem to have more issues for some reason we used to live in ……one ,,couple years ago we lost power for three days it sucked

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