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Jim Junior Member Offline Good Job!!!! Posts: 22 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Gender:	Ring Dec 7^th, 2004, 8:32pm I`ve managed to aquire a diesel engine from an oil tanker ((10,000hp)ocean going) and want to use it as a generator, trouble is the starter motor keeps blowing the fuse on my ring main (replaced it 10 times now with no luck). Do you think I need a bigger fuse if so what size is good. PS MERRY CHRISTMAS
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Lectrician Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 8814 Total Thanks: 109 For This Post: 0 Braunton, North Devon United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: Ring Reply #1 - Dec 7^th, 2004, 8:48pm ehh....a blowing fuse is a sign of a fault. When you say engine, do you mean generator?? If it is a generator, how have you hooked it up to your ring main?? DO NOT use this 'engine' again until you have received professional advice.......
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sparkyjonny GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 109 For This Post: 0	Re: Ring Reply #2 - Dec 7^th, 2004, 10:36pm Ocean going oil tanker? He's having a giraffe Lec!
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LSpark Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 8069 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 London, UK United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: Ring Reply #3 - Dec 7^th, 2004, 10:39pm Sounds like it
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Stoday GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0	Re: Ring Reply #4 - Dec 7^th, 2004, 11:30pm Are you sure the "starter" motor isn't the generator's excitor?
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zambezi GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0	Re: Ring Reply #5 - Dec 10^th, 2004, 11:40pm Have you tried push starting it
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sparkyjonny GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0	Re: Ring Reply #6 - Dec 11^th, 2004, 10:02pm Or did you leave the handbrake on?
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JerryD GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0	Re: Ring Reply #7 - Dec 11^th, 2004, 10:19pm Well I've looked in my Haynes Repair Manual for 10,000hp Ocean Going Oil Tankers and it says you should use a 32 amp fuse, try that and see how you get on.
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sparkster GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0	Re: Ring Reply #8 - Dec 13^th, 2004, 4:42pm Only 10,000HP? That's a yacht engine (Bugatti make them that big, 112 cylinder radial affairs) Big tankers run at 37,000 bph or so - per engine Imagine hand cranking one of those...
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The_Trician Trade Member Offline Posts: 7721 Total Thanks: 8 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: Ring Reply #9 - Dec 13^th, 2004, 8:26pm "Imagine hand cranking one of those... " Yeah, that's what my missus says in bed on a Saturday night! TT
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LSpark Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 8069 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 London, UK United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: Ring Reply #10 - Dec 13^th, 2004, 11:00pm Quote: "Imagine hand cranking one of those... " Yeah, that's what my missus says in bed on a Saturday night! Oh Behave!
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