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Recommend a diesel generator.

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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.

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    Installation now completed and ready for use.

    A Perkins set was purchased as suggested, but the open frame style as is installed in a weatherproof building. The open frame type looks easier to maintain and less vulnerable to overheating.

    UK rating is 21 KVA prime power, or 23 KVA for standby operation.

    Run on load for about 4 hours, all good The load was the expected house and home business load plus 5 kw of portable heaters as a crude load bank, varied between 18 KVA and a brief peak of 24 KVA until I unplugged one of the heaters.

     

    Voltage was 245 at the machine and about 235 at the point of use.

    Frequency seems a bit low at 49.5 cycles. Almost no disturbance of voltage or frequency when starting a large air compressor.

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    Installation now completed and ready for use.

    A Perkins set was purchased as suggested, but the open frame style as is installed in a weatherproof building. The open frame type looks easier to maintain and less vulnerable to overheating.

    UK rating is 21 KVA prime power, or 23 KVA for standby operation.

    Run on load for about 4 hours, all good The load was the expected house and home business load plus 5 kw of portable heaters as a crude load bank, varied between 18 KVA and a brief peak of 24 KVA until I unplugged one of the heaters.

     

    Voltage was 245 at the machine and about 235 at the point of use.

    Frequency seems a bit low at 49.5 cycles. Almost no disturbance of voltage or frequency when starting a large air compressor.

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