bornfree Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 picked up three generators this week a 97 kva with a Cummins 6bt. A 31kva with a Bedford 220 and a 52kva with a lister HR4. The lister is a beauty it hadn't run for 8 years and with a charged battery on it fired up after a couple of turns. It must be quite old as the alternator is brushed its producing 415 volts but I haven't load tested it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Have no mains power? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted February 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 They are for mains backup on the farm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverforget Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 You using AMF panels with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted February 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Two with AMF one manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverforget Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 We have a few of the cummins 6 BT engines as generators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted February 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 19 minutes ago, Neverforget said: We have a few of the cummins 6 BT engines as generators They are a nice compact engine and usually clean and oil tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverforget Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 What make are the AMF panels What firm did the gen set belong to is there any names on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted February 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Amf panels are genpart . the Bedford has no names on it. I cannot remember the names on the others but the Cummins was from a firm in west Sussex and the lister from Essex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 I spent over 25 years building Cummins Engines in Darlington, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted February 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 22 minutes ago, johnphilip said: I spent over 25 years building Cummins Engines in Darlington, what models did they build there?. ive worked on the small b series and the L10 and 14L big cam truck engines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 2 hours ago, bornfree said: what models did they build there?. ive worked on the small b series and the L10 and 14L big cam truck engines When i first started we were building the vee engine , we machined every part in plant , the when the "B" came online we became a build only plant .we built the b series the 4 the 6 , then the c series started up . I left in 1995 due to ill health a great company to work for , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted February 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, johnphilip said: When i first started we were building the vee engine , we machined every part in plant , the when the "B" came online we became a build only plant .we built the b series the 4 the 6 , then the c series started up . I left in 1995 due to ill health a great company to work for , When I first started on the farm we had a ford d series with a Cummins v8 504 it was not the most reliable engine? in the end we replaced it with a Perkins v8 510 and that was only slightly better. Edited February 4, 2018 by bornfree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverforget Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 All engines have good and bad points We use Iveco,scania,cummins and John Deere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spandit Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 Wondering whether a tractor mounted generator would be useful although engine pretty noisy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 13 hours ago, bornfree said: When I first started on the farm we had a ford d series with a Cummins v8 504 it was not the most reliable engine? in the end we replaced it with a Perkins v8 510 and that was only slightly better. Oh Perkins was a swear word in our factory. When they designed the "b " series, it was ment to be a throw away engine , in the block theres no linners , so unable to rework the block with new linners and pistons .they wanted you to buy a short block and rebuild. At the time they did not know how popular it was becoming, also they did not know how versatile it could become .with the tightening up on emmisions in the states the fuel pump was able to be update and fine tuned for want of a better word. They started building bigger pumps , on some of the little 4s the pump was nearly as big as the block. It a few years now since i left . And have not realy kept up with what they are building these days .the vast amout we build were for British Leyland . Happy day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted February 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 We had a 6 bta 180 HP in an ERF 17 ton truck and it did 750,000kms with no problems and was still not using oil. And I've heard of 6b 130HP engines in Leyland roadrunners doing over a million kms. People have started fitting them in landrovers now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 3 hours ago, bornfree said: We had a 6 bta 180 HP in an ERF 17 ton truck and it did 750,000kms with no problems and was still not using oil. And I've heard of 6b 130HP engines in Leyland roadrunners doing over a million kms. People have started fitting them in landrovers now. They are maybe the ones i built Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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