On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 19:54:39 GMT,
(James Lerch) wrote:

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:58:36 GMT, SomeBody
wrote:

Hey,

I've been quite busy lately with my latest project, building myself a
diesel generator set.

I bought myself a ChangFa 22hp single cyl diesel engine and an ST-10 10Kw
genhead. I live in hurricane alley (Florida) and the last season, I went
without power, twice, a week each time, no more of that crap. It so much a

Must be a small world

I just purchased one of the ChangFa engines and 15KW generator heads
off Ebay, it is on its way to Tampa, FL as I type..

Couple Questions.

#1 Where abouts in Florida Are you? I'm in the Tampa bay area

#2 Where did you get the direct drive engine coupling? Mine only has
the pulley attachment, so I was thinking on machining a shaft onto the
pulley to direct drive the generator with a Lovejoy coupling, as well
as add a belt driven air compressor (the whole thing will end up on a
trailer)

#3 When you started the diesel, exactly how noisey was the beast? Did
it vibrate badly?

Give me the shaft diameters. Ive got a ****load of lovejoy couplers in
a pile in the back yard. Rusty..but all new.

Gunner



Take Care,
James Lerch
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Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

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