My father-in-law manages industrial construction. He has dealt with
several BIG generator installations, including a couple of hospital
jobs.
They live in a pretty rural place. When the time came for them to
put in a generator he settled on one that ran off the PTO of his
tractor. It's not automatic, but it's a lot cheaper kW for kW, and
you don't have to maintain the motor on the generator. A sensible
option if you happen to have a tractor that will run one.
~Paul
On Sep 21, 2005, at 10:15 PM, john niolon wrote:
> Hurricane Katrina left us with no electrical service for 5 days and
> my wife
> with 6 wedding cakes to decorate and deliver. Rule #1... You can't
> do wedding
> cakes in Alabama without A/C. My little nat gas generator is only
> 7kw and
> while it gives you lights and fans... no a/c... time for Plan B
>
> I'm looking at something in the range of 25-30 kw backup units so I
> can run 50
> amps of a/c and about 30 amps of refrigeration, plus lights,
> tv,etc. Will be
> natural gas fired and I want auto cutover and return to utility
> service.
> From what I see, Guardian is the best deal..
>
> I'm looking for input, good experience, bad experiences,
> suggestions and
> ideas... I'm already wired for 100 amps with a 100 amp manual
> transfer
> switch, so some box swapping hopefully get me where I need to be...
> Fuel is
> plumbed to old generator, so I'm hoping a new concrete pad and a
> little wiring
> will do it...
>
> tell me all I need to know.... I'm looking at 7-10 grand
> (25-30kw) and
> that's a lot to swallow... I need all the info I can gather..
>
> thanks
> john
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