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Homebuilt pto generator

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Brent in Iowa

02-12-2004 16:27:47




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Has anyone put together a pto powered generator (like the ones you can buy on a cart/trailer)? I was wondering what type of generator one would need, control/fuse panel, and where you could get this stuff. I really don't want to spend $600 for a little 5,000kw gas engine unit that will only run 8 hours on a fill when I can hook a (bigger kw) pto unit up in the machine shed and let it run for a day or two without filling the fuel. Just trying to get ready for the next power outage. Thanks in advance for any help.

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Heat Houser

02-12-2004 19:27:26




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 Re: Homebuilt pto generator in reply to Brent in Iowa, 02-12-2004 16:27:47  
Brent,
Since you are in Iowa, go to a farm sale and purchase a PTO alternator such as a Winco, Winpower, Onan, etc. You can find 12,000-18,000 watt single phase units (if you have patience) for around $400-$500. A 12,000 watt unit will produce around 50+ amps, at 220 volts, and would run an average household as long as you didn't try to run the electric stove, pump water, heat water, or run any electric heaters all at the same time. It would however, pump water, run the furnace, run lights, run the TV at the same time.

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jeff

02-12-2004 23:47:10




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 Re: Re: Homebuilt pto generator in reply to Heat Houser, 02-12-2004 19:27:26  
JUST MAKE SURE--- you can test it while you are there. Have a BIG 120 volt drill or saw. Also something for 220. Generators have two and sometimes three fields to make three phase power. If you know how to use a meter you can test most all of it. Generators can pop a fuse or be the biggest pile of burnt wire you could ever find. Jeff



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Ray

02-12-2004 18:10:31




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 Re: Homebuilt pto generator in reply to Brent in Iowa, 02-12-2004 16:27:47  
Brent
Just get your hands on a Northern Hydraulics catalog, they have everything you will need and reasonable too.



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