| [GMCnet] New Generator in 23' [message #64873] |
Thu, 19 November 2009 08:23  |
Ken Henderson
Messages: 8726
Registered: March 2004
Location: Americus, GA
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Well, after buying it 5 months ago and piddling with installation for the
past month, I finally connected the TroyBilt generator wiring into the 23's
transfer switch yesterday and fired it up. It works!
Photos are at
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=5330&ppuser=0 You'll
have to sort them on filename because I can't figure out how to make that
arrangement hold -- after all, I've only been using the photo site since day
1. I named them in the proper sort sequence, uploaded them in that
sequence, and I STILL can't make them present properly. :-(
The installation is essentially complete except for replacing the ball
bearing slides with sufficiently sturdy ones (the 100# ones are already
wrecked). Alan's bringing me the ones from my old 4kW Onan next week. If
they're too far gone, I'll try to find some at the surplus place in Orlando
in Jan. I still have to figure out the correct temperatures and locations
for the fan control and engine shutdown thermostats. Haven't yet added the
fans' finger guards nor the tailpipe either. I'll wait to decide what to do
about a remote choke until we get cold weather here (40*F).
But it's operating! It works much better than I ever expected. Starts and
shuts down from the inside panel; even the prime button and the run time
meter operate correctly with no rewiring from the Onan & Generac standard.
It carries loads much better than either the 4kW Onan or the Generac 36G
ever did. I ran it with the 13,500 BTU a/c, a 1500W heater, all the lights,
and the 1200W microwave in order to load it down to 110 vac. Even then
there was no perceptible change in the sound of the engine. Nor is there
any change in sound when any of those loads is turned OFF or ON. Both of
the earlier generators slowed or sped up noticeable with significant load
changes.
There's really not much difference, to my ears, in the noise level from the
earlier generators. Inside the coach the sound level is not really
objectionable. I wouldn't want to sleep with it running but we've never
attempted that and don't expect to.
With only an hour or so of continuous run time, in 65*F ambient temperature,
it's too early to predict what the cooling situation will be. But from what
my IR temperature gun shows so far, the 750 cfm electric fan on the door is
quite capable of cooling the generator adequately.
At a total cost of maybe $850, it's probably a better solution than the
Generac 36G was at $1650+.
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Ken H.
Americus, GA
'76 X-Birchaven
www.gmcwipersetc.com
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Ken Henderson
Americus, GA
www.gmcwipersetc.com
Large Wiring Diagrams
76 X-Birchaven
76 X-Palm Beach
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