Q:i have a 2004 duramax 6.6 diesel truck.does anyone know if there is a converter kit to use the truck as a generator for my house?

Yes it can but using a truck engine for such a purpose is a bit expensive. There is a kit made out there for such a task, had just read a little bit about it the other day, but dont remember where I saw it. You would actually be better served by investing in a proper stand alone generator. Good luck.

Q:I am looking to save money on the electric/gas bill this winter and am considering a diesel generator to supply domestic power at 240 volts.Is this practical?

Not practical if you have a reliable grid connection A small generator is much less efficient (costly) than an large generator using unrefined fuel close to source bought in bulk and maintained and run at optimum load and temperature, or a constantly running wind turbine or nuclear reactor. plus you have to pay full VAT and fuel tax; electric from the grid is only 7.5%VAT

Q:I want to shut it inside a small room, but will it not suffocate ? Which part of the gen set should be moved out of the room ?

Shuv somethin in the egsaust pipe

Q:I am wondering if you can burn home heating oil in a diesel engine, I have a diesel generator and I am curious if I ran out of diesel say in a bad storm and couldn't get to a station for more could i but some home heating oil in it and run it with out messing things up?

yes you can

Q:I don't see why I couldn't use my car's engine as a power generator. I would only need maybe 1000 watts. The car is a 1990 Ford F350 diesel.

You'd be wasting too much fuel, though it is possible. 1) replace the existing alternator with some super-heavy-duty ones, ones that go in minibuses and such. As you aren't going to power any AC or such, you can probably power two of them together or with a Y formation. 2) Disconnect the trans and anything else not needed (AC, etc.) This is to make sure th engine run at max efficiency, minimal drag. 3) Get a high-cap inverter, to convert the 12V DC back into 120V AC. This will need to have some serious cooling for itself. Depending on your setup, you should be able to generate 500-1000 watts depending on the capacity of your alternators and capacity of your batteries. I'd recommend you replace the batteries w/ some industrial-sized ones like 8D (about 120 LB each) and feed your power inverter from the battery. Don't forget a good UPS / surge protector just in case.

Q:i am BSEE student, my project study is to synchronize the generator of an hospital, it have a one 313KVA standby-power diesel gen.,and three 100kva transformer.The generator system is operated manually and no ATS or UPS. one more new building is being build so the transformer will be upgrade to a higher vale.1)what is the new gen. to be buy?(rating, etc.)2)how i can connect the new gen. to the old gen.?3)what is the controller so when the new gen. attains its full load the old gen. will start.These is my title: To synchronize the generator system of the ____ Hospital.Anyone have a good title?Thanks.

The only thing I can think of is watch the second Thomas Edison Bio film and pay careful attention to when he is working on lighting up the city using his electric light bulb. He had to synchronize two generators at that point. I'm sure you can find the answer there.

Q:Elec. bill is too high, so I wanna run 2HP swimming pool pump via generator. It's 240V. How big a generator do I need? Is diesel less to purchase than gas? Is diesel cheaper to run? Can I run the pool say 6 hrs a day on generator designed for emergency back-up?

Why get a generator? The price of gas locally is $2.33 a gal. Diesel is $2.94. Electricity is still cheaper. If you insist on doing anything try going solar. You can get a tax rebate, sell the excess electricity generated by it to the electric company and help the environment.

Q:Could anyone tell me what would be the price of 1 megawatt generator head (alternator). Also which are the major companies producing it in India?

Generators don't have heads. A 1 MW unit might cost around USD75,000.- equivalent in a 2 pole configuration although, not being responsible, I certainly don't guarantee that number. Try Tata, Aakar Group, Prakash Diesel, Genex Electronics Industries.

Q:here in the town i live in we recently had an avalanche take out power transmission lines from our hydro dam in the time it takes them to repair those 90% of our power is coming from diesel generators(you should have cringed there) causing the price per kWh to go up 500% for what might be the next 3 months.currently i make enough that i can live with a bill 5 times higher than im used to, but a couple of years ago that would have got me kicked out of my apartment because there was no way in hell i could find an extra 300 bucks a month with a week or two notice.its been a big deal here, but we are notorious complainers, so im wondering if that situation would cause you to write letters to editors and complain to everyone who will listen all day long?

yes it went up by 76.865 %

Q:A) what are the pros cons of each system?B)Also what are the operational loss in each case?

Hydroelectric is a good source of power and is used around the country where there is a good source of water. Drawback is initial cost. Today Hoover Dam would probably cost a millions to build. Environmentally they are clean. Diesel Electric is used commonly in areas where there is a lack of water or funding to build hydro. The cost of Diesel is cheep er on the front end than hydro but is expensive to operate and keep up. Since oil will continue to go up and is environmentally damaging it is not a great choice. Steam generators are still in use. They are more expensive to build than Diesel. Coal is very dirty and new coal fired generators are not being produced. Wind Mill generation is a very old method of producing electricity and has a mediums cost to construct it is clean and has fairly inexpensive upkeep. It is estimated that one wind mill can provide the current needs of 40 homes. The Tennessee Valley Authority is now producing power from wind mills. There are also several companies in the West that have wind power. There of course is also atomic power. There is major construction costs and upkeep because of the danger from atomic materials. There is also a cost of getting rid of the used material used as it continues to be dangerous.