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| awemawson:
So at long last the 1/4" BSP 'banjo bolt' and 9 mm 'banjo' arrived in the post this morning so I've been able to rig up a temporary fuel tank (5 litre bottle!) and do some load testing. First job was to crimp up the fuel line from the filter to the newly installed fuel lift pump. Easy peasy. Then to bleed air out of the system. I powered up the pump, slackened off the banjo and waited - and waited - - and waited - pump clacking away but no fuel :scratch: Initially I thought that perhaps the pump needed priming, this would have been "BAD" as it's supposed to lift a minimum of 12" dry and I need it to. Anyway I pulled the pipe out of the 5 litre bottle, put a funnel in the end and 'primed' it. Hang on, why are bubbles coming up into the funnel - surely I can't have put it in the wrong way round, it's very clearly labelled with arrows on both side saying 'fuel flow' :bang: Then - well no I've put it in as labelled - surely they can't have labelled it wrongly :scratch: Oh yes they can :lol: :lol: The pump is a Chinese clone of a "Facet Cube" electronic pump. It has a bent up clamp that is also the mounting and this carries the stamped flow direction markings. Un-crimped the fuel lines, bent up it's tabs, assembled it the right way round and reversed the pipes - now I stink of diesel - but it works :ddb: |
| awemawson:
So on to the load test. It took a bit of cranking to get air out of the system and firing on all three cylinders, but we got there in the end. Load consisted of a 4kW fan heater that's supposed to be wall mounted and a pair of 500 watt halogen lights - only 5kW and we should be able to push 15 kW at a squeeze, but it's all that I had to hand. Took it no problems |
| lordedmond:
Andrew Better get another oil pump , fit a hi/low switch to the sump hook up the system with new pump the right way round this time to a lube oil tank That's what we did to the off site standby sets , but we did have remote monitoring . The main Gennys had to be checked 4 Hourly as they drank sump oil this was no problem as we were on site 365/24/7 anyway Maybe that's why the had 96 gall sumps :Doh: they were for info V16 96 litre 1000hp units by clatterpiller we had five and a V12 unit each rated and tested at 750 kW at 1000 rpm There was a calculation for fuel used and the amount of lube oil that should be used , but they were beautiful inside all rods were polished not what you would expect As to fuel how about 50 gall per hour of load each :doh: Stuart |
| awemawson:
Stuart, Lister used to sell a remote oil tank and gubbins for this engine for long running - it shouldn't be an issue for the use this will see. Talking of oil, I'm pleased to report that it shows good oil pressure when running. When it arrived there was a fairly basic battery charger bolted into the box on top of the alternator, wired so that the generator charged its battery when running. Not a lot of use for a stand by generator as the battery needs maintaining over possibly many months of idleness before use. So I've removed it and intend to rig up a battery maintainer powered off the house ring main. When on normal mains, it'll charge, when the lights go out and the generator starts and powers up the house, it'll still charge :thumbup: |
| vtsteam:
Love that green! Nice genset!!! :drool: I imagine your Lister is a lot smoother, too, than my one lunger. I had to put down serious damping, and it's very inadvisable to start the old singles just bolted to the steel bearers. They have a habit of chasing you around the room with 200 lbs of spinning flywheels.... |
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