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yes, JD 3010 diesel puts out about 55hp
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Thanks Bart,I was thinking of the 25KW gen. only because of cost. We have two 3/4 well pumps, three 15cuft freezers and refrig, a coal furnace w/hot water(1/6 hp blower plus two recirc pumps, a gas stove, a couple 1000w water heaters in the barn, electric dryer, washing machine and other standard house appliances. I figure if we don't run the dryer and not run the toaster,microwave, coffe pot all at once I would probably be good at 12-13KW. Does that sound close? Also I ran 125' of #2 aluminum cable to the shop last fall, would you know the amount of current that would be good for just in case I want 100 amps?ThanksJimPS. We're not Y2K paranoid its just our farm has out grown our 4KW
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I agree mls. I assume by transfer s/w you mean a manually thrown switch. Here's a question and possible solution to our cost thing. As of yesterday I have conflicting advice(from generator companies) on whether a three phase generator can be used for single phase. One guy says my overall wattage will drop, IE:15kw down to 10kw and single phase will create an unbalanced load which would not be good for the generator, one guy says so get a bigger generator and move your wires around in your panel box to help balance the load. The kicker if it works--three phase generator sets(often including auto-transfer)are available locally. Can get 45kw diesel for $3K, 15kw propane,auto for $1800. So you see I need to get smart on this real quick. I hope this forum doesn't get upset at me for using it on a generator questionVRJim
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Thanks Jerri. No, not confusing, informative.It "looks" like I might be able to pickup a used 3ph generator easier and a lot cheaper. I'm just a dumb farmer stuck with trying to get a new generator while every yuppie in the world thinks Y2K is going to bring disaster. Anyway, last spring I ran a 120foot of new underground cable to my shop, three wire w/grd # 2 aluminum. If I can believe my full load amperage would not get near 90amps I was thinking of using it for a generator feed to main panel in the house. Right now I feed the shop with a 60amp breaker in the main panel to a new 100amp panel in the shop, then a 60 amp breaker in the shop panel feeds my welding outlet. That setup will have to go. So, I think if in the main panel I replace the 60amp shop breaker with a 100amp breaker, then in the shop put that feed into a transfer s/w before it goes to the shop panel I can feed from a generator to both the main panel and the shop panel. One question, normally I would think a disconnect or transfer s/w go between the meter and main panel does the above setup violate any standard practices of the trade?VRJim
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