About 20 KVA, for domestic and home business standby use. New preferred, but good, low hours used considered.
Weatherproof enclosure not needed as to be installed in a purpose built brick outbuilding.
Push button electric start required, not auto start.
Reliability, and user serviceable at least for minor services, are the most important features.
Sparkingchip:
I was thinking about standby generators yesterday.
A few years ago one of my customers who had a standby generator that I didn't get involved with had some guys there to give it an annual service, ppart of the service involved pumping the diesel out of the tank to polish it, then return it to the tank when clean.
Jump forward a few years to today, how long can the diesel remain in the tank and fuel system? Is there additives that can be added to the modern biofuels that will allow them to remain in the tank and fuel system for a full year?
Yes, farmers use additives to stored diesel on farms to prevent growth in the diesel which will block the expensive tractor diesel filters and cause lost harvesting or ploughing time. Biocides are one example. Locally there have been problems with co-operative purchased farm diesel, which may have been bulk bought and sored, and contamination.
Most diesel engines have a water trap to catch water in the fuel before being introduced into cylinders.
Z.
Sparkingchip:
I was thinking about standby generators yesterday.
A few years ago one of my customers who had a standby generator that I didn't get involved with had some guys there to give it an annual service, ppart of the service involved pumping the diesel out of the tank to polish it, then return it to the tank when clean.
Jump forward a few years to today, how long can the diesel remain in the tank and fuel system? Is there additives that can be added to the modern biofuels that will allow them to remain in the tank and fuel system for a full year?
Yes, farmers use additives to stored diesel on farms to prevent growth in the diesel which will block the expensive tractor diesel filters and cause lost harvesting or ploughing time. Biocides are one example. Locally there have been problems with co-operative purchased farm diesel, which may have been bulk bought and sored, and contamination.
Most diesel engines have a water trap to catch water in the fuel before being introduced into cylinders.
Z.
