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Re: Power generator working off PTO
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Posted by jdemaris on January 09, 2005 at 06:53:13 from (209.23.28.157):
In Reply to: Power generator working off PTO posted by Mike Larson on January 09, 2005 at 04:31:11:
Your tractor could probably run a 14K PTO generator at full load. I live in a farming area and at least here, smaller PTO generators go fairly cheap at auctions - "smaller" meaning not big enough to keep a dairy farm going in a power outage. i.e. smaller than 25-30K. I've got a 17K unit I bought for $800. I've run it many times on some of my smaller tractors, e.g. my Case VAC or Cletrac HG - both in the 16-17 horsepower range. They do fine as long as I'm only using the essentials in the house and barn. In the dead of winter, I usually keep it hooked to one of my smaller tractors because they have gas engines and will start during an emergency. If power is out for a long time, I switch over to a diesel (once the block heater has been plugged in for awhile).
I made a 50 amp extension cord with male plugs on both ends. When power is out, I back feed the generator into a 50 amp welding outlet after first making sure I've got the main breaker off in the house. Works nicely, but of course, limits the use to 50 amps. I've found this to be fine for running the deep well water pump, electric hot water heater, and a few small items. One other thing I found to be helpful. I have no neighbors, so it's hard to tell when power comes back on - unless it's nighttime and I can see lights across the valley. So I wired an outlet off my main breaker panel that is not controlled by the main breaker. I keep a radio plugged into that outlet. This way, when the power comes back on, the radio blasts and I hear it.
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