PTO Generator's

[AC Diesel]

I'm thinking about buying a PTO generator to run my arc welder and my house during power outage's.

Do any of you guy's have any thought's or tip's on what to look for. I'm looking at a Winco brand. I haven't been around to many.

I'd like to make my wife a little more comfortable while i'm out working.
I'm one of those dummies that has to restore the power. In order to for us to piece this ranch together I had to get one of those great job's working for the REA :lol:

 

[burnt]

My brother sold Winco for several decades when he was an electrical contractor. He has hundreds of units out here and they seem to run relatively trouble free.

Biggest problem was when they sat for a year or two without being used. Best if they are run occasionally.

A twenty KW will more than run your welder and house. I don't know what sizes they make under 20 in a PTO model.

 

[James]

I have a 17,500 cont. generator that we use to run the house, 2 wells, shop and elec. water heater. I know how it is as I get to open the roads for the electric company when they need to get around in the heavy snow. Like you said just trying to put togother our operation here, keeps a person hoping.

 

[Mike]

I have a 26 KW Peak/20 KW Constant Output PTO driven generator that gets lots of use.

I pull it with a 100HP tractor using the 1000 RPM shaft by using an adapter.

Tractor engine RPM's run at about 1400-1500 with no strain and will run days on a tank of fuel. Be sure the generator you get has a Hertz/Cycle meter so you can adjust the tractor RPM to get the proper phase cycles.

Hertz/Cycles don't matter when pulling light bulbs, but with motors, etc. it does.

 

[AC Diesel]

Thanks for the info guys.
I wasn't sure how big of one I need, we have all electric heat with a heat pump. A 25 Kv should work.
I found a 50 Kw that is pretty cheap. It wouldn't hurt to have a bigger one would it ? Other than the fact it will probably take more fuel.

 

[burnt]

When my brother auctioned off his farm equipment upon his recent retirement, his 25KW Winco brought almost $2000, mounted on a small trailer. I was kinda wanting it but not that badly... :?

A 50 KW will run a whole farm complete with silo unloaders and it sure won't notice the electric heat kicking in!

I would think that the fuel usage is fairly closely related to the load on the generator.