Your last generator Maintenance Run

[Alan46]

Trying to remember the name of the movie Dudley Moore was in.... played a top-dog Ad man, who gets cursed into having to speak the truth..... would be great to wave that wand when you want....

"PGE's Lawyers and Bean-Counters have decreed that for the "safety" of the corporate bank accounts, You get to huddle in the dark, risk exposure, starvation, spoiled food, non-functional medical equipment... ad nauseum "

Day-dreaming aside...... serious question - what happens to Traffic Lights, during these "Public Safety" shutdowns ? Do any keep functioning ?

Your neighbour was a great guy.... hard to replace, esp. today. Growing up on a working farm can teach many things.... Personal accountability, is one of the first things I think of.

That generation of immigrant, and the values they taught their kids, is part of what (literally) built up your country, and mine.

Rgds, D.

So true!

 

[grsthegreat]

I just repaired a cell tower generator where aholes tried to vandalize generator and building. No reason except to cause trouble. Even ripped cover off of propane tank.

Our power finally was restored 2.25 hrs. Cause unknown

 

[Chilliwack Murray]

I just repaired a cell tower generator where aholes tried to vandalize generator and building. No reason except to cause trouble. Even ripped cover off of propane tank.

Went to a prime power mountain top microwave repeater site once where the idiots cut the locks and shut off the fuel supply shutting off the power to the site. When we got there they had their tent setup on the helipad.

The wash was enough to send it flying with all their stuff in it. If I remember right, their reasoning was they didn't like the noise on what they thought was a tent pad put there just for them. Apparently they didn't notice the signs.

No service truck and not many helicopters anymore, mostly 737's and rental cars.

 

[3930dave]

Traffic lights work for a number of hours but most eventually cease.

Cell Towers now hardened with extended standby power but generator theft is a problem…

Good thing there isn't much traffic in your State, and I expect that everyone carefully treats those dead lights as a 4 way. This is done for Public Safety, after all.....

Anything can be stolen, but old school CO buildings (larger footprint) used to be well stocked with big battery banks. Generators aren't light weight, but don't weigh anything like those battery banks - days of runtime, IIRC, before needing a charge.

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

Went to a prime power mountain top microwave repeater site once where the idiots cut the locks and shut off the fuel supply shutting off the power to the site. When we got there they had their tent setup on the helipad.

The wash was enough to send it flying with all their stuff in it. If I remember right, their reasoning was they didn't like the noise on what they thought was a tent pad put there just for them. Apparently they didn't notice the signs.

That ^, sounds like a Bring Cash Land story, for sure.... but maybe you were out of Province...

Too stoned, to read ?

Rgds, D.

 

[aba4430]

Ran the Subaru for an hour two days ago. The heaters also tested the idle control system well.

 

[90cummins]

Ran the Subaru for an hour two days ago. The heaters also tested the idle control system well.View attachment 1159251

Always good to run it at 50~80% load for 1/2 hour to thoroughly warm it up.
90cummins

 

[daugen]

nice looking Subie gen Aba
Subaru stopped making small engines and gens in 2017.
Their engines were excellent, in fact Kubota used Subaru to make the sixteen horse one lunger I had in my Kubuta utv. I believe Kubota bought the rights to that engine.
Yours looks like new, you clearly take care of it.
Subaru 22hp v-twin is a nice engine
Do you plug that into a transfer box for whole house power?

I see some still being sold as new in commercial markets.
They have full five year warranties, that's impressive

 

[Sawyer Rob]

nice looking Subie gen Aba
Subaru stopped making small engines and gens in 2017.
Their engines were excellent, in fact Kubota used Subaru to make the sixteen horse one lunger I had in my Kubuta utv. I believe Kubota bought the rights to that engine.
Yours looks like new, you clearly take care of it.
Subaru 22hp v-twin is a nice engine
Do you plug that into a transfer box for whole house power?

I see some still being sold as new in commercial markets.
They have full five year warranties, that's impressive

Subaru bought that engine line from Robin, Kubota bought the rights to a couple of them from Subaru, Yamaha bought a couple and the rest went to a china company.

The Kubota UTV single cylinder UTV was a poor seller and Kubota discontinued it. Their 500 UTV used a twin but when Kubota started making that engine, they made some improvements and now put it in their 520 that replaced the 500.

The 520 UTV is much improved over the 500, more power ect...

SR

 

[daugen]

Subaru bought that engine line from Robin, Kubota bought the rights to a couple of them from Subaru, Yamaha bought a couple and the rest went to a china company.

The Kubota UTV single cylinder UTV was a poor seller and Kubota discontinued it. Their 500 UTV used a twin but when Kubota started making that engine, they made some improvements and now put it in their 520 that replaced the 500.

The 520 UTV is much improved over the 500, more power ect...

SR

it really didn't have the 20+ hp it needed, but that FI engine started marvelously in the cold and was utterly reliable for me.
Mine was the lowest possible model, I think a 450?
huge value at ten grand and ride was superb. Just was kinda noisy and slow. Most of those small utv's have terrible sounding engines.
I'd like a liquid cooled one with a nice set of pipes on a 25hp twin.
shut the motor up and let's hear the pipes, or not hear them at all.

Subaru apparently decided making cars had become so complicated, so demanding from tech investment, they just couldn't fiddle with small engines any more. Thank goodness we still have Honda.