GregsHD
Senior Member
Looks to me like a bunch of parts/scrap, If you can get them cheap enough you might be able to make a few $$. Your little shop sounds like the perfect place to strip these down all cozy this winter!!
Yep, a little Deere 4045 genset with a radiator mounted load bank would be just the ticket, and as kshansen says, place it where the fan air blows into your shop space, you won't even need an electric heater that way. Probably sell parts off those two monuments enough to pay for the little generator.
The 3412 will burn around 50 gallons/hour at full load and I reckon a minimum of around 30gph at low-ish loads.Had to take a look at the JD Genset and see this:
http://www.centralmainediesel.com/order/John-Deere-30kW-Diesel-Generator-Enclosed.asp?page=JDE1PH30
Consumption is only 2.4 gph at full load, I'm guessing the 3412 will burn that much or way more at no load.
No Detroits! When I rode the tugs, I slept right over the 6-71 auxiliary... like to find the guy that put the engineer's stateroom over the generator! Only turned 1,200 but still.... damned annoying. Especially when the air system developed a leak.. the ten horse compressor motor cutting in every few minutes and that jimmy thundering as it picked up the load was motivation enough to roll out and go looking for the culprit! Morse controls.... feh.
With the amount of fuel that 3412 burns it makes no sense at all to use it in a remote area unless there is gold involved! 30gph @ 6.50gal that's $195.00 per hr just in fuel!
That sounds terrible, I suppose they had your room where it was on purpose so that you would wake up with any change in sound, just in case there was a problem?? Just cruel!! But if you were only using the little deuce genny when working in the shop, the noise would not be a problem, at least in my world!
With the amount of fuel that 3412 burns it makes no sense at all to use it in a remote area unless there is gold involved! 30gph @ 6.50gal that's $195.00 per hr just in fuel!