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awemawson:
So today the bolts forming the male studs on the rear pillars got truncated, I made the front vertical plate to support the horizontal plate along with the joining bit of angle iron and bolted it all together. So the silencer is now properly supported, the temporary scaffolding could be taken down, and I did a trial run just to ensure that it doesn't shake itself to pieces - it doesn't :clap: I think apart from moving it to it's final resting place all that is left is to source some suitable high temperature paint and paint the silencer and it's fixings - I do have the remains of a rattle can of 'High Temperature Matt Black Hammerite' that claims to withstand 600 deg C but it must be decades old and anyway there probably isn't enough in the can. I suppose BBQ paint is the stuff to look for :scratch: Any suggestions welcome. |
RussellT:
I have used Sperex Exhaust Paint with reasonable success in the past. It now seems to be a Simoniz product. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Simoniz-Very-Termperature-Paint-500ml/dp/B003N9QL8U Russell |
Pete.:
My mate used to paint his bike exhausts with barbecue paint. Only problem was petrol would take it right off. |
awemawson:
Tomorrow I am hoping to put this generator under a little load. Other than measuring it's output voltage, and the minuscule current that the controller and instrumentation take, it has not been loaded in my ownership. Now in the Tractor Shed I have a rather large Hydrovane compressor (*). At 18.5 kW it should be be a small load for the generator, but again this piece of equipment has not been tested in my ownership as it's 35 amp running current is a bit too large for the local wiring. So i t will be two firsts tomorrow :bugeye: BUT I had parked the Hydrovane too close to the wall to get at it's electrical input, and the generator was blocking access for the Forklift Truck. Even the Pallet Truck wouldn't work as the Hydrovane fork pockets were too far apart. So my job this evening was to improvise using a scaffold pole and two 'Railway Jacks' to lift it high enough for the pallet truck to move it away from the wall. I had already dug out a 125 amp plug and a suitable length of 4 core 6 mm (51 amp rated) SWA cable earlier in the day. So listen for loud bangs tomorrow morning :clap: (* Featured in this thread https://madmodder.net/index.php/topic,12963.msg155283.html#msg155283 ) |
John Rudd:
All will be well, 18kva is small potatoes :zap: |
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