Recent content by RBsingl

If your generator setup requires switching the main breaker, instead you need to have a properly installed shutoff switch ahead of the main breaker and use this instead since it is intended for this type of high cycle service. But with the expense of this, it would be worth looking into a...

Although my ATS can be programmed to automatically run a regular test/exercise run, I do a manual test instead once a month and this is primarily so that I can arrange to put a heavy load on the generator. The exercise run is a good time to take a shower (deep well pump plus electric water...

Mine auto started this morning shortly before 6 after a brief interruption. I decided to turn it into an exercise cycle so that it would get up to operating temp under load instead of shutting back down after monitoring the line for 5 minutes for another power dropout. The cats didn't...

It would be nice if the tires would hold a little air to make the roll more easily but the front axle center section is very beefy on this vintage and it should be a safe winch point for any tractor that hasn't partially buried itself in the ground. Since you want the tractor facing forward on...

Dave, Attached is the photo of one of mine, I use one at the service entrance where the main line comes into the property and my transfer switch is located and then the barn, garage, tractor outbuilding, and house breaker panels all have their own units. They have to be connected through a 50...

WD-40 is effectively a blend of very light petroleum distillates more flammable than diesel and not as volatile as gasoline or ether so it is a safer alternative than ether but not as effective for a hard starting diesel in cold weather. As I recall, for a brief period GM was recommending it as...

Fortunately that doesn't seem to be a problem with the museum. I got to know one of the volunteers there and he told me that damage to new vehicles hasn't been an issue... Except from the new owners. When I picked up my Z06 in 2016 (second year of production), the unofficial count at that...

And even if the blade doesn't slip, the belt and pulley setup isn't a precision design so there will be some rotational difference between spindles. Cog type belts are used where precise timing/sync is needed but the cogs aren't so much to avoid slippage but instead ensure that the rotation is...

Dave, that makes sense and with as much trouble as it is to mount the extremely wide low profile tires on these cars (285/30ZR19 front and 335/25ZR20 rear) I could understand a picky customer wanting that done. But this person was loudly pointing out that the valve stems weren't at the same...

When I took delivery of my Corvette Z06 at the museum in 2016, another customer was complaining that the valve stems on his car weren't all in the same position. I thought at first he was joking with his delivery person but the fool was serious. Rodger

I thought about a PTO driven generator but when power fails you still have to hook it up and start the tractor so there is a convenience issue and also a problem if you are traveling because of food spoilage/freezing pipes, etc. After dealing with a 7.5KW gas portable for 14 years, I...

Power reliability has improved here so probably 4 to 5 per year, usually only 4 to 5 hours at a time but it did run 30 hours straight after an ice storm the year I installed it. PDG quotes 2.4 GPH at full rated load, in typical use I have averaged about 1 GPH and even during a summer outage...

That is them, good people to deal with! Rodger

I expect your generator has a very long life ahead of it. I looked at a company that was using GM's industrial engine line that are set up for natural gas or propane but I am too far out in the country for natural gas and for propane I would have needed another tank to ensure fast enough...

From PDG in Georgia, a large selection of generators and excellent customer service. They set up shipping and make the entire process very simple. The Asco transfer switch came from a distributor in Texas. Rodger