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re: Generator Question
Posted on 5/2/24 at 8:54 am to TheBoo
Posted on 5/2/24 at 8:54 am to TheBoo
I have a 3 ton unit. Unsure of the seer.
And the generator is 10,00/8,000 on gasoline and 8,500/7,000 on NG according to the spec sheet. I watched a video of a guy installing the micro air 368-48 and it changed his starting amps from 72 to 30 after installing that soft start and he had a 4 ton unit
Again, sorry for my ignorance on all this. Been debating a generator for a few years now, but with a newly pregnant wife I don’t want to go through hurricane season without one, and can’t pull the trigger on a whole home
And the generator is 10,00/8,000 on gasoline and 8,500/7,000 on NG according to the spec sheet. I watched a video of a guy installing the micro air 368-48 and it changed his starting amps from 72 to 30 after installing that soft start and he had a 4 ton unit
Again, sorry for my ignorance on all this. Been debating a generator for a few years now, but with a newly pregnant wife I don’t want to go through hurricane season without one, and can’t pull the trigger on a whole home
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Posted on 5/2/24 at 9:48 am to Tiger328
With a 3 ton unit and a soft start, with a 7000 / 8500 generator on NG, you should have no problems running it with the other things you mentioned.
A few tips:
Don't ever run this thing under your roof, including car ports, garages, etc.. and don't run it with the exhaust pointing toward your house. Ensure it's a safe distance away with exhaust pointing away from your house.
Don't skimp on oil and other maintenance items. Only use top quality synthetic / synthetic blend small engine oil. Small engine oil has higher levels of zinc and can withstand the heat of an air cooled engine better than car engine oil. Honda, Kawasaki, and John Deere make some great small engine oils that can be bought at most box stores.
At 8000 watts it probably has a splash oil system with no oil filter. Would be worth looking into getting a magnetic dipstick.
Be sure to follow the break-in process per the manual.
THD on that generator is a little high, at 12%-20%, so if you have any sensitive electronics they may not operate well being powered by it. You may want to consider getting a UPS if you do.
Your spark plugs should be gapped to around 0.20 for natural gas, instead of the normal ~0.30 for gasoline engines. This will advance the timing a bit and allow for a better compression and fuel burn.
If you intend to run this thing in the weather, get a running cover for it.
Natural gas burns extremely clean in these engines. I do a maintenance run a couple times a year, instead of every few months, mainly to ensure everything's working right and that I "know the drill". There's no gasoline to go bad, carb to gunk up, etc..
ETA: Congrats to you and your wife!
A few tips:
Don't ever run this thing under your roof, including car ports, garages, etc.. and don't run it with the exhaust pointing toward your house. Ensure it's a safe distance away with exhaust pointing away from your house.
Don't skimp on oil and other maintenance items. Only use top quality synthetic / synthetic blend small engine oil. Small engine oil has higher levels of zinc and can withstand the heat of an air cooled engine better than car engine oil. Honda, Kawasaki, and John Deere make some great small engine oils that can be bought at most box stores.
At 8000 watts it probably has a splash oil system with no oil filter. Would be worth looking into getting a magnetic dipstick.
Be sure to follow the break-in process per the manual.
THD on that generator is a little high, at 12%-20%, so if you have any sensitive electronics they may not operate well being powered by it. You may want to consider getting a UPS if you do.
Your spark plugs should be gapped to around 0.20 for natural gas, instead of the normal ~0.30 for gasoline engines. This will advance the timing a bit and allow for a better compression and fuel burn.
If you intend to run this thing in the weather, get a running cover for it.
Natural gas burns extremely clean in these engines. I do a maintenance run a couple times a year, instead of every few months, mainly to ensure everything's working right and that I "know the drill". There's no gasoline to go bad, carb to gunk up, etc..
ETA: Congrats to you and your wife!
This post was edited on 5/2/24 at 9:50 am
Posted on 5/2/24 at 2:12 pm to Tiger328
quote:
can’t pull the trigger on a whole home
i couldn't do it either knowing i could comfortably ride through a outage that rarely happens with something i don't have to buy again if i move houses and i don't need to run literally everything in my house in the short time, why spend like 10k on something that might run at most a week for something that happens so rarely?
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