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Old 09-05-2014, 07:46 AM   #5
N3LYT
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Yeah the bigger ones use a Subaru (Robin) small engine with the spin on filter. If one uses a generator for commercial use it would be a big + but over the life time of a generator at some ones house the hours are very little. I used to care for a 2,200 HP Cat generator it made over 2000 amps at 480 volts when I retired it had around a 1000 hours on it. It was put in service in 94 and ran once a week for a 1/2 hour. In the 15 years I worked there it ran maybe 9 times making emergency power however when it was needed is was really needed it powered a county jail!
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