PTO Generator on L185

[edritchey]

There is a very good study by Ontario Ministry of Agriculture on the use and set-up of PTO powered generators available here:

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It addresses your specific question near the end.

Short summary: following a long term power outage (ice storm), many farms burned out motors, etc. running on PTO generators. It's not all about available wattage and horsepower. Frequency and voltage are critical and depend on RPM.

Running the PTO in high gear a low engine rpm magnifies frequency and voltage fluctuations. Even a modern tractor with "economy" setting produced unacceptable variations.

Very good info here.

 

[Dave_eng]

There is a very good study by Ontario Ministry of Agriculture on the use and set-up of PTO powered generators available here:

Page Not Found | Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs

It addresses your specific question near the end.

Short summary: following a long term power outage (ice storm), many farms burned out motors, etc. running on PTO generators. It's not all about available wattage and horsepower. Frequency and voltage are critical and depend on RPM.

Running the PTO in high gear a low engine rpm magnifies frequency and voltage fluctuations. Even a modern tractor with "economy" setting produced unacceptable variations.

Torch
Thanks for posting this document.

I had referred to it often in the 10 years after the 1998 ice storm but in the last decade had forgotten the wealth of information it contained.

Dave