Another PTO Generator Question

schmism · Sep 19, 2006

ZackaryMac said:
A day and a half was the longest in the last 15 years.

wow.... in the past 15 years ive lived through (3) 5+ day long power outages. (the most recent being about 2 months ago)

a couple of 24hr+ times and a dozzen "overnight" outages.

Soundguy · Sep 19, 2006

I of course, live in florida.. where we loose power every summer... Actually.. about aug-nov.. etc..

Soundguy

jimgerken · Sep 21, 2006

I am going to vote with the guys who suggest buying the generator BIGGER than the tractor HP available. Buy it bigger than you can drive TODAY. Upgrade tractor someday and generator is still big enough. Bigger generator has larger armature (rolling part) with more mass and inertia, starts motors better than smaller generator. Larger generator has larger wire and so runs cooler longer under load. But, maybe as suggested, you want to know you will not pull down your tractor RPM, so you need to add up the load it will see and limit the stuff "on-line" at once. Also, the difference between a 10Kw and a 12.5 Kw unit or between a 12 Kw and a 15Kw uint is only a hundred bucks or so for each jump. I am adding a link o a place that sells top quality stuff. Their website used to be a lot more descriptive, now I guess you have to call to get more techincal info. The point is, these are regulated-voltage units, with active circuitry (not just a capacitor) to hold the voltage within 1% from no load to full load. Worth a look. https://ssl.perfora.net/www.powerco...nid=154512e17c7c4f2/shopdata/index.shopscript