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RustyRatRod

RustyRatRod

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Some old guy in Connecticut was a retired electrical engineer and passed away. This is what he had in his basement for when the power went out. lol It's actually up for sale. Pictures stolen with pride off Facebook. @67Dart273 Del, this looks like something you'd do. lol



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Get the exhaust up and out and they are not that loud. Power steering pump? What kind of dynamo is that spinning?
 
What did he do for juice for the starter?
 
The High School I attended had (and I am assuming still has) a slant 6 setup similar to this for backup power. I never got to spend a lot of time looking at all the details of it but was never able to find any markings indicating who made it or at least who made the generator portion.
 
It looks like instead of a power steering pump that it's a governor to stabilize rpm to the load. But it also looks like he has a heat exchanger set up for his heat pump off the heater hoses. That would really make the heat pump throw some warm air out with the heat on.
 
I thought is was a power steering pump looking closer its a governor to keep the alternator at 60HZ.
probably never been over 2,000 RPM
 
pishta said:
Get the exhaust up and out and they are not that loud. Power steering pump? What kind of dynamo is that spinning?
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Not sure that is a power steering pump.
There is a rod from the carb going forward to what-ever-that-is in the power steering pump location. Perhaps some kind of rpm sensing - adjusting device?
Also sloppy execution on the exhaust, look at the hose clamps over some metal wrap for the exhaust connection just after the exhaust manifold.
 
my68barracuda said:
Not sure that is a power steering pump.
There is a rod from the carb going forward to what-ever-that-is in the power steering pump location. Perhaps some kind of rpm sensing - adjusting device?
Also sloppy execution on the exhaust, look at the hose clamps over some metal wrap for the exhaust connection just after the exhaust manifold.
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Yeah, it's the governor to keep the generator sync'd. The hose clamps seem to be holding some fiberglass or asbestos heat wrap.
 
My basement ain't that big!!!

That is for sure a governor. Traditional synchronous generators must run at either 1800 or 3600, one reason some of the typical 5--15hp home ones are so noisy. Many Onan twins run at 1800

I made "big" points one time at the big parts store. I had been snooping, and had discovered a NOS belt drive governor down on one of the dusty shelves. One day a fabricator came in "could we get one?" I told him "I think we have one" and startled him and the boss when I dragged it out

Putting a gas engine in a basement is not a good idea without adequate ventilation. Around here we've had at least a couple of injuries I'm aware of because of boat engine bilge explosions, and this not a "big boat" area, not like the coast or the great lakes

That temporary clamped up exhaust pipe looks like CO waiting to happen

The bellhousing such that it is must be some sort of idustrial setup I know some of them have (forget what it's called) --standardized series of mate-up, "SAE" sizes
 
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Concerning that governor, look how it is driven by the same belt that turns the alternator. Slants typically have an additional pulley on the crank damper and a separate belt for the power steering pump. The single belt set up like on the motor shown does not provide much engagement of the water pump pulley. Perhaps in this case enough engagement but not much.
 
my68barracuda said:
The single belt set up like on the motor shown does not provide much engagement of the water pump pulley. .
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Boy you are right about that!!! But the genset is likely an 1800 and even at say, 15KW is only pulling something on the order of 70hp or so
 
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I've got a few extra 318's and a generator from a Coleman 6250 laying around....

...but the slant would run forever (even with little or no oil) and be a lot easier to plumb the exhaust out.
 
zakimodo said:
The High School I attended had (and I am assuming still has) a slant 6 setup similar to this for backup power. I never got to spend a lot of time looking at all the details of it but was never able to find any markings indicating who made it or at least who made the generator portion.
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My HS had the boiler system that was powered by a slant. I never saw it myself but my brother who worked for maintenance there had the responsibility of keeping it up/ being as how he drove a Duster with a slant at the time I'm sure he knew what he was looking at
 
my68barracuda said:
Concerning that governor, look how it is driven by the same belt that turns the alternator. Slants typically have an additional pulley on the crank damper and a separate belt for the power steering pump. The single belt set up like on the motor shown does not provide much engagement of the water pump pulley. Perhaps in this case enough engagement but not much.
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Look REAL close. It has two belts. The governor runs around the water pump pulley. If you look real close, you will notice the alternator runs down behind "all that". I believe he has it run straight to the crank pulley.

I don't know man. I went back and look ed at it real close myself......I think yall are right. It does look like one belt. lol
 
They were commercially produced its a ONAN probably 30KW genset most had a slant 6
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