Chris Tharpe
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what are the HP specs to run a Winco Generator?
HP to run a Winco Generator?
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I should know but dont. Sorry
Chris Tharpe
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I was thinking around 3 as well but not sure. Looking at building a vacuum system that has a generator running off of the motor as well for the pump=out
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Griffs Services PowerWash
Sounds interesting Chris.
Here is the specs on the voltmaster commonly used on a pressure washer, looks like the manufacturer specs it at a little more than 3HP
http://www.voltmasteramerica.com/products/AB.htm
Christopher
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Not sure if this helps but my Coleman PowerMate generator is a 5000 watt generator but it has a 10hp Briggs engine on it.
Tomdurbin
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Stay away from the voltmaster. Winco has been giving me a ton of trouble on new equipment. I have wincos on my diesel skids and have replaced 8 this year. MeccAlte makes a great generator. They are cheaper than the winco and I sell a whole lot more of my gas skids with the meccalte. I have never replaced on of these. They are 2900 peak watts at 3600 rpm at 3hp.
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Griffs Services PowerWash
Possibly, you would have to figure what cfm you require and correlate that to the manufacturers specs for the blower, you already see that the gen takes about 3HP, that leaves you with 8HP, but remember those numbers of HP is peak, I would recommend sizing the blower and gen to consume 10hp and you would not stress the motor.
Dont get the wrong idea, I am buy no means an expert
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Griffs Services PowerWash
Good info Tom D. what do you think was the root cause failure on the gens?
I have 2, any symptoms before they die?
Thats nuts, i use Voltmaster. I order them someplace out of IL. Winco I think is MN.
I have the winco off my first rig, always was going to plate it gold. Have not got around to it. It was a winco...
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Whats the peak draw on bigger burners?
JohnB
JohnB
According to the winco that was on my whitco machine ( 2000 watt ) it would take 1 hp to of motor power to turn the generator to fire the burner.. After using Ohms law and the NEC power wheel my wayne burner is 120 volt with a 1/5 hp motor so I figured the draw in amps and according to the nameplate at FLA at no more than 3.3 amps , then I figured the ignitor and transformer.. To make a long story short I came up needing just 1250 watts to run the burner.. So if thats the case even at FLA you wouldn't pull more than 3 amps and 9.6 amps for the burner transformer So 3.3 +9.6 = 12.9 amps times 120 volts = 1548 watts..Keep in mind that 3.3 amps on the blower motor is FLA only at start up .. It will not draw more than an amp once it starts and is running ..
In theory off of the whitco machine with a 13 hp motor it would take 11.5bhp to run the pump at 3000@4 only leaving 1.5bhp to run the winco generator .. so at 1.5bhp the 2000 watt generator will only produce 1956 watts at 3600 rpm..USE OHMS LAW AND THE POWER wheel to figure out other stuff..
http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/ohms_law_calculator.php
http://www.etgiftstore.com/items/al...f-ohms-law-charts-ac-or-dc-ohms006-detail.htm
In theory off of the whitco machine with a 13 hp motor it would take 11.5bhp to run the pump at 3000@4 only leaving 1.5bhp to run the winco generator .. so at 1.5bhp the 2000 watt generator will only produce 1956 watts at 3600 rpm..USE OHMS LAW AND THE POWER wheel to figure out other stuff..
http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/ohms_law_calculator.php
http://www.etgiftstore.com/items/al...f-ohms-law-charts-ac-or-dc-ohms006-detail.htm
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Griffs Services PowerWash
Thnaks,
The reason I asked is because 30 HP Kholer sounds like I am asking to much of it when I pull the trigger with The TSF2021 and the 120V gen combo.
I need to check the actual flow of the tsf 2021 to see how much it is (real world), I know the spike pressure is to high (4300psi), the combination is asking for more Horse Power than the engine can produce it seems.