Q:i mean from off state to ON State,the amount of diesel it reqiures to burn out.

Very little. Less than it takes to run at power while underway. The fuel lines are only so big, and it can't flow fuel any faster than that. There is a myth that machines take a LOT of energy to start up. Some people say it takes as much power to start your PC as it does to run it for 30 minutes. The same is often said of fluorescent lights. That is not true - it is essentially never true. It is used as an excuse to avoid shutting the thing down. Why can't they? Because the pipe or wire supplying the fuel/energy is only so big. If a PC took that much energy to start up, it would trip the circuit breaker. The energy also would have to go somewhere, and energy always goes away as heat. A massive surge of startup energy would be a massive surge of heat, which usually burns or explodes a thing. So no -- devices generally do NOT use massively more energy to start up than they do to stay running. Some times might have a startup surge of double, or perhaps triple - such as a hard drive or compressor spinning up. But nothing more than that, and only for an instant - too fast for most circuit breakers to trip.

Q:for houses operating on diesel generators and inverters

the one with the lowest wattage rating, either domestic or foreign. just make sure it is made to work with the output of your generator ie; voltage and cycles

Q:I have been researching EV cars and conversions and am wondering about using a generator instead of batteries. I am not an enviro-nut concerned about making an emission free vehicle, just one that is cheap to drive. It seems to me that using a generator to power the motor, although it would use gas, would be way more efficient than a normal gas engine that is in a car, and would be lighter than batteries. Also, if it is a diesel generator I could run bio-diesel to cut back on emissions. Am I correct in this assumption?

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Q:I would like to idle my 1981 mercedes benz 300sd for about 4 to 8 hours a day. will i hurt my car somehow if i do this?i am buring diesel to generate powers to charge my battery bank, so i have power for my power tools, it's hard to explain

You must have a lot of spare $$ if you can afford to let a diesel car idle for 8 hours.

Q:Ex:cars.But im not sure about buses, motorcycles, and airplanes.Please help me out.thanks

Subways, street cars, trains, elevators, escalators, moving sidewalks, scooters, Electric buses. Most locomotives run on electric motors but they have a massive diesel generator built in.

Q:I planned that the factory be fully mechanised. Public power supply is very poor. I wanted to purchase diesel generators but i have been advised by a friend that solar generators are more cost effective. Is solar a good source of energy to power such a factory?

Yes, it can be fully solar. Very power comsuming factories are autonomous. If you dont find how to, if you want e-mail me and i will put you in touch with some companies. For your info, some companies not only are autonomous, they resell power while they dont use it.

Q:How long can I run a Diesel Power Generator before I have to stop it to give it a rest?Also, how many years can I expect a Cummins Diesel Generator to run if maintained properly?One more thing. In the spec sheet of the generator I'm looking at, it states 161 gsm/hp-hr. Is that 161 Grams per Horse Power per hour?So what does that meanHow many liters per hour does that translate too.Thanks for your answers.Greetings from Iran

The engine can run indefinitely without needing to stop for a rest provided it is properly maintained and cooled. You should change the oil and filters after every 200 hours operating time. Properly maintained you should expect at least 25-30 years operating time from the engine. Neglected and it could need replacing in less than 10. Not sure what 161 gsm/hp-hr means. Unlikely to be grams, but gallons per horsepower hour would be extremely high. Need to look further into it

Q:I have a small one bed one bath home probably not over 1000ft what size portable honda generator should I buy?

add up the wattage of the appliances you want to run and get a generator a little bit bigger. the size of the house is not the issue. the issue is what do you want to run power to.

Q:I have been trying to research the specifics of utilidor functionality for nearly two weeks and have come up with hardly any information. What I'm wanting to know is, at certain access points of utilidors in artic areas, is there something above ground that powers the tunneling below like possibly a transformer or a generator? I know it seems unfeasible to have either one out in the open to be exposed to the elements but I still want to know. And also even if this isn't the case now, was it so when the tunnel systems were first made?

Utilidors is an acronym for Utility Corridors. This may be a tunnel system that contains all the necessary utilities to support a community, business of some other area needing electric, gas, water, sewer, communications, etc. These are found both above and below ground level depending on environmental concerns, costs, etc. The generators and transformers used to supply various points along the corridor and may be located above or below ground depending on design. A UG designed transformer for instance could be used below ground. A generator needs to be driven by something, gas engine, turbine, diesel engine, etc. these may be located below ground but it will have to have an external exhaust port somewhere. Hope this helps, Newton1Law

Q:I understand it as far as the diesel engine driving the generator- or is it an alternator?- to power the motors which turn the wheels. But does each wheel have its own motor, or is it one motor per axle?

Earlier diesel-electric locomotives used a d.c. generator and d.c. traction motors. In more recent years - since around the 1990s - a.c. alternators have been used, as suitable a.c. traction motors have been developed. Generally, modern diesel-electrics (and electric locomotives) have one traction motor per axle. I am not completely 'au fait' with US practice, but in Europe and many other countries diesel and electric locomotives are classified by wheel arrangement. Thus, a locomotive with two four-wheeled bogies (or trucks), with motors on each axle is classified as a 'Bo-Bo': i.e., 'B' signifying two axles, with the 'o' signifying that each is motored. A typical US twelve-wheeler is a 'Co-Co', and so on. Earlier locomotives - in the UK, for example - were heavier than those produced today for the same power output. They therefore had additional unpowered carrying axles, denoted by figures. For example, the early main line locomotives had a 1Co-Co1 wheel arrangement: two eight wheel trucks, the leading axle of each being unpowered, with motors on the other three. The mid range locomotives produced by Brush Traction were of the A1A-A1A arrangement, consisting of two six wheel/three axle trucks, each with motors on the end axles, and the centre axle un-powered. We even had some odd-ball five axle locomotives with a 'Co-Bo' wheel arrangement. Mechanical transmission is also used on light shunting locomotives and railcars, whilst hydraulic transmission was popular for a while in Germany and the Western Region of British Railways, but is now used for most diesel multiple-unit trains.