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Originally Posted by sailingchiro
+1 for Nextgen
I purchased a Nextgen 5.5 with a bad generator head for cheap ($800). Found new old stock on Ebay for $125 that included shipping. Also found a guy with a pallet full of generator heads in Michigan. I now have 2 extra. They are very easy to repair in my opinion. These generators are extremely common in refrigeration trucks. Many used parts available. Our boat is powered with twin Kubotas by Beta and some parts are interchangable. The Kubota engine Z482 is used in lawnmowers, tractors, generators, etc. Good used engines for sale on Ebay for less than $1000. The generator heads are being phased out in the trucking industry which gives ample stock of used parts and the engine is plentiful, ie. used in everything all over the world. Parts are very easy to find. The wiring is very straight forward. Even my mind could follow the wires and relays. The only gotcha is the capacitor needs to be charged before use. |
Nice. I might go this
route on Brute Force.
Charging the cap... do you just flash the armature with a 12v
battery? What is the procedure?
I was considering a bobtail Beta 10 and a BLDC
motor ran as a direct drive
alternator, using a Kelly controller in regen mode, to feed a 3kw to 5kw
inverter. Still cheaper than a new
Northern Lights set, but admittedly kind of kludgy. Also thought about marinizing something like the above mentioned Z482 and driving the biggest
alternator I can find with it. Maybe twin alternators. I am leaning toward a 12v bank of 1000ah Rolls cells, which should support a nice sized
inverter. I was going to go with a 96v or maybe a 48v bank of my favorite golf cart
batteries but the big Rolls
batteries have interested me for a long time now so I will probably stick with 12v as long as the Westerbeast keeps running good and I don't need EP. But the most flexible system I think would be a turnkey 120v
diesel generator that is easily maintained/repaired and doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
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