stoneaxe
Stainless
- Joined
- Mar 2, 2010
- Location
- pacific northwest
I was thinking of a propane generator as backup for the well pump and refrigerators.
Then I started thinking about a propane welder/genset like a Miller bobcat, around 9 kw on propane,and having a portable welder as well.
Now I am wondering if a genset like that has the power to run a RPC big enough to turn a 2 hp lathe. Taiwan 1340.
Right now the lathe is powered up by a 10 hp RPC, which is too big for my current generator (5000w)
So if I downsize the RPC to 5hp, could I run it with a 9KW (11KW peak) genset?
It would really be nice to have an non-utility option to run the tiny "machine shop" we have.
We are at the very end of the power line in a rural area-lines get minimal maintenance and always the last ones to get power back.
The mill is 1 1/2hp, lathe 2, and bandsaw 1hp. Not much draw but I do not know how to figure all the startup draw, single to three phase changes etc.
The goal is to have enough but not too much, to economize fuel cost.
Is this a reasonable thing to do, electrically?
Then I started thinking about a propane welder/genset like a Miller bobcat, around 9 kw on propane,and having a portable welder as well.
Now I am wondering if a genset like that has the power to run a RPC big enough to turn a 2 hp lathe. Taiwan 1340.
Right now the lathe is powered up by a 10 hp RPC, which is too big for my current generator (5000w)
So if I downsize the RPC to 5hp, could I run it with a 9KW (11KW peak) genset?
It would really be nice to have an non-utility option to run the tiny "machine shop" we have.
We are at the very end of the power line in a rural area-lines get minimal maintenance and always the last ones to get power back.
The mill is 1 1/2hp, lathe 2, and bandsaw 1hp. Not much draw but I do not know how to figure all the startup draw, single to three phase changes etc.
The goal is to have enough but not too much, to economize fuel cost.
Is this a reasonable thing to do, electrically?