On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:53:00 +0000, Chuck Sherwood wrote:

I didn't catch this whole thread but it looks like a fun project.
I'm curious how the final cost compares to buying a finished unit.
A friend of mine bought a china-diesel genset a year or so ago
and it was pretty much a turn-key operation. I don't remember the
price but I think it was quite reasonable. He uses it regularly
and it seems to be running well.

Another thing I am curious about is how long the love-joy
coupling lasts. I think you have a 2 cylinder diesel and I
suspect the coupling will be subjected to a fair amount of
pounding.

chuck

These ChangFa diesels are single cyl engines, I have built one similar to
Lerch's genset, but mine is only 10Kw not 15Kw that he has.

I only wish I had purchased the bigger 12Kw or 15Kw than the smaller 10Kw
model I have. I was told that you need at least 2Hp/KW, since these
diesels are rate at 22hp at 2200rpm, I needed to reduce the engine speed
to match the 1800 rpm head I have. I didn't believe this engine could put
out the volt/Amp of a larger head, Damn.

Jeff
Spring Hill, Florida


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