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Dec 7
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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.
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Dec 7
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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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Ocean going oil tanker? He's having a giraffe Lec!
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Sounds like it
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Are you sure the "starter" motor isn't the generator's excitor?
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Have you tried push starting it
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Or did you leave the handbrake on?
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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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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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"Imagine hand cranking one of those... "
Yeah, that's what my missus says in bed on a Saturday night!
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Yeah, that's what my missus says in bed on a Saturday night!
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