Preparing my Generator

poller said:
[catching up on posts after surgery...]

In the four years I've been in NC, I've been on generator power about 8 times - the shortest was maybe 2 minutes, the longest was 56 hours (18KW kohler w/ auto-transfer switch running on natural gas)
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Dayum! You don’t mess around. You just gave half the forum generator envy!
 
Small update, switched out the carb and got it running great. Next up is working on the panel.

I was going to pull the carb apart and clean it all out but I found a new one on ebay for 20 bucks shipped. I highly recommend going that route over pulling it apart.
 
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9outof10mms said:
Dayum! You don’t mess around. You just gave half the forum generator envy!
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It cost me a pretty penny, but is necessary - I run computer servers, I have 2 sump pumps and 2 dehumidifiers in my crawl space to remove the rainwater that comes through the cinderblock foundation, and I'm on well water.

I don't need 18KW but the cost is in the install, not the genset. The $ differential between 12KW and 18KW is negligible.
 
ugafx4 said:
Small update, switched out the carb and got it running great. Next up is working on the panel.

I was going to pull the carb apart and clean it all out but I found a new one on ebay for 20 bucks shipped. I highly recommend going that route over pulling it apart.
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Plus those Chinese carbs don’t have the dumb rounded screws for adjustment. Should be good ol’ slotted or Phillips screws. Slight middle finger to the EPA.
 
Diablos said:
You can use a breaker style, but to be safe (legal), it needs an interlock on it that makes you shut off the main before turning on the generator circuit

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I have this set-up and a plug on the back of the house like plugging up a camper, I added a tri-fuel carburetor kit to the generator this summer, I can run gasoline, propane, of natural gas. I used to keep about 50 gallons of treated gas on hand. When we finally got natural gas run through the neighborhood we hooked on and I had a quick connect added under the deck that I can run my grill or generator. That thing purrs like a sewing machine and I don't have to lug gas cans back and forth to the store. Or hook or a propane bottle if I need to make it portable.
 
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