Quickfarms

Is the generator wet stacked?

When they do the test is the generator under load?

A diesel generator needs to be run at around a 66% load to avoid wet stacking.

Running it 20 minutes a week probably is not long enough to get any heat in the engine.

As we all know diesels do smoke when they are cold.

Generac only requires that a generator be 5 feet away from the building and recommends that it is down wind of any fresh air intakes.

There may be dampers on the existing fresh air intakes that are not functional or they could be set up to close only when the generator transfers power to the building.

The Problem could be as simple as a window is left open that should be closed.

Before spending 57G all the potential areas need to be looked at.

Here is a quick list

Start with the generator to make sure it is operating correctly and not wet stacked or has some other issue.

Is the generator correctly sized for the building and is it being maintained according to the manufacturers recommendations

Do air sampling to determine is this is a real or perceived issue

Review the plans and specifications for the building to make shore nothing has changed in the 10 years

Have the hvac system inspected to make shore it is operating correctly and has not been altered

Check the fresh air intake system for the building

My first thought is the accessory relay if you turn the key on and you don't hear a click in the the dash  I would check there first!

Bring back the shinny metal hard hat

That is how you shut the engine off, that is not an emergency shut down.

Welcome to Mack’s

It’s time to chase wires

They are tube tires.

If you air them down to far you could cause tube creep and shear a valve stem off

If the tires are old I do not air them down, sidewall flex will destroy old tires.

Personally I do not air the tires down, I add air ride seats, air ride cab, air ride suspension or rebuild the springs

For fire safely should a standby generator be X amount feet from any building  

Questions

Do they really need 400 kw?

“That’s pretty big for what sounds like a small building”

Did they actually get bids for the stack and moving?

Did they look into modifying the hvac system? Can they add dampeners to eliminate the fresh air intake to the building when the generator is running and only heat or coil return air just like in there vehicle.

Is there documentation to prove this problem actually happens or is someone just thinking it is happening?

Which way is your prevailing winds going?

I can honestly say I've never seen a rolloff with a double bunk COE before.

He was sleeping, probably passed out, in the drive thru!

It’s not like he parked his car in a parking space and was drinking or passed out.

A couple of years ago I was talking to the assistant sherif for an adjacent county in California and he brought up when Sacramento changed property crimes from a felony to misdemeanor it hampered law enforcement. For a felony they can hold someone and do a full background but for a misdemeanor it is cite and release on the spot.

All under the guise of reducing prison over crowding

Based on the pictures you posted in the other thread it looks like the axle may already have S cam brakes which is good.

Crawl under there and get some pictures of the tags on the axle and the carrier, center piece.

Changing the gear ratio is not that hard or expensive.

Having the springs re arched and rebuilt to the actual weight of the truck plus a ton or two will make it ride like a car even with the tires at 100 psi

Don’t run old tires at reduced pressure

Jim did you read the stats I posted?  Says it all in terms of black on black violence as well as the percentage of crimes committed by 13% of the population.  But no one wants to talk about that.

A frozen evaporator is often caused by restricted air flow through the evaporator

My good AC guys will hose the evaporator out of at least blow it out

I have noticed that large companies become dysfunctional and buried in layers of management to the point that they many times create an oppressive culture.

I think this can also happen in law enforcement and that certain departments need to be disbanded

The current covid19 pandemic has shown that, at least in my area, the hands off attitude of law enforcement did not cause the collapse of society

I think it is funny that Facebook is upset that the price is free

A while back the molds for a tilt front end were on eBay

My 1985 RS688LST was factory air ride with the exhaust bolted to the cab

The 1985 has the round horizontal cab mounts like these



The radiator rods go to the frame, I just rebuilt the hood rollers.

Here is the air ride crossmber



My 1975 RS685LT has the earlier style donut front cab mounts

I have a 1975 RS685LT with a ENDT675.

What is the correct color for the engine and where can I get the paint. There is evidence of a lot of gold paint on the engine

For the paint contact Eddy Lucast for KBS Coatings:: Eddy.Lucast@remotedata.com  or http://kbs.justoldtrucks.com/

Got no problem with the virus taking out LA either

So we are here in Manassas VA. moving a building for Dominion Power, this place is sick, maybe we need a really bad virus and let loose right here cause if you want to witness the destruction of America all you need to do is come visit this third world shit hole dressed up as some sort bastion of liberalism, I honestly think that this place is no better than any of crap holes I have visited, no need to travel half way around the world to see how low a human can get all you need to do is visit here, I would not even consider the life forms here human or civilized, pure trash and I my hope is maybe the virus will wipe out some of them and then maybe the normal people could reclaim this land, this place is truly as low as you can get.  

I tried to do the valve covers last weekend and discovered that the jake brake spacers will not come off without removing the jake brake assembly.

I also discovered that the rear valve cover is messed up but I found a PAI one for a decent price and am just waiting for it to get here.

The engine has a lot of gold paint on it. Is gold the correct color for the engine and what is a good source for engine paint.