250kw generator

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wireperson

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a customer of mine wants to buy and install a 250kw portable generator and wants me to find one with low hours, any advises in brands ? what are considered low hours in a generator this big? what should I look for when looking or inspecting the generator?
 
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hurk27

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portable generator @ 250 KW that might be a tough find? almost all the one I have seen that big are not portable, at least unless you mount it on a semi trailer, I would also assume it will be a 3-phase unit, Kohler make some big units, as well as Detroit Diesel (not sure if there still makeing generators)
 
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wireperson

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this gen will be use in hurrican season here in florida in case they loos power, 3phase, manual TS, there's no room for a pad mounted gen. Im trying to find something that the parts are easy to find here in the US.
 
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Kohler makes a very nice towable unit. It's big and heavy and you would need a feasible way to hook it up. Last semi permanent install we did, we put a cabinet outside with weatherproof terminals for the welding cable ends. Then just piped into the building and onto the emergency supply side of the ATS. We put in a gravel bed for the trailer to park on. http://www.kohlerpower.com/onlinecatalog/pdf/g5570.pdf This unit was expensive, but the customer is happy with the finished product and Kohler has great service techs.
 
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wireperson said:
this gen will be use in hurrican season here in florida in case they loos power, 3phase, manual TS, there's no room for a pad mounted gen. Im trying to find something that the parts are easy to find here in the US.
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Why such a large KW? You could look on E-bay under their commercial-industrial equipment listing. If you find one I would not buy it until I had some one with a load bank come test it. That will tell the story of the engine performance under a heavy load along with every thing else. But I will say you need to calculate the customers needed load. Buying a unit that large and hooking it to a light load is the worst thing you can do to the motor. A unit that large would be diesel and with a light load you wind up "wet stacking" the engine.
 
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Robert Hutcherson

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wireperson said:
a customer of mine wants to buy and install a 250kw portable generator and wants me to find one with low hours, any advises in brands ? what are considered low hours in a generator this big? what should I look for when looking or inspecting the generator?
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Call Ring Power in Jacksonville. They have a large inventory of generators. They can also custom build to spec. They specialize in refurbished systems.

Happy Hunting.
 
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