[AT] Fuel Usage

[Mike Sloane]

Here is what I do: I start the tractor and get it warmed and up to 
speed, then I engage the PTO and get the generator up to speed and make 
adjustments to the tractor throttle to provide the right voltage. Then, 
and only then, I throw the transfer switch to take the house off the 
commercial feed and on to the generator.

I would be very surprised if your average household would fully load a 
12 kw generator, unless you have the well pump, the clothes dryer, the 
furnace, and the electric stove all on at the same time. :-)

Mike

charliehill wrote:
> Cecil I didn't think about that.  I bet the boomer is engine rated too.  If 
> it is a 12 KW genset will knock it flat with a heavy starting load.   I 
> rented a 15 KW diesel gen set for a job back in the summer and starting a 5 
> HP 3 ph motor would pull it down to the point I thought it would choke off 
> before the motor would come up to speed.  I'm thinking maybe the motor 
> capacitor might be going bad.
> 
> Charlie