Not like a Yanmar engine, but still plonking away.🙂🙂

True enough, it probably wouldn’t worry it, but those days are long gone for me. Nice enough just pottering around now.

Microphone very close only about 3’ away.

True, its only about 22 years old now, and still going strong. Thankyou for commenting.

C'est tout oui. Generateur simple.

For a piddly little 50 cc engine like this EU10i , probably months!! 😀😀

A bit basic, it does govern but for a generator its probably not as tight as you'd want it. An electronic governor is probably a better option for constant output. For a pump its probably fine.

@@harrothepilot compared to 186f kind of engine are these worse? i only have had a gx160 and the governor is bad for big power surge, it often stalls

@@31knot I don’t have any experience with the 186 style of engine. This setup is a four pole alternator for 240V ( Aus ). The engine turns at 1920 rpm for 1500rpm and 50hz at the alternator. 1970 rpm is max torque rpm for the engine, with redline at 2,400 rpm. The alternator is a 6500W max but this engine is capable of about 5kw max output only. It can take about a 2kw load before the governor responds and ups the power a bit. 3-4 hz variation is common, say starting at 52hz and the engine not responding till 48-49hz. That’s why I say about an electronic governor and linkage with some mechanical advantage for more accuracy. But, how far do you go??

@@harrothepilot actually i haven't built one. I just have one gx160 that i use to drive a high pressure washing machine and sometimes an air compressor.so rpm isn't sensitive for both application but i noticed it bogged down the engine so much under load. Now I was looking to buy an alternator, i would like it to be a 1500rpm one. I was hoping i could couple it to my gx160, and should i need bigger power then i would upgrade the engine. Do you think it's doable?

@@harrothepilot these kind of diesel engines haven't outlawed in Australia? I'm from Indonesia by the way

They're just an engine......no more. But, some do some huge hours in pretty unforgiving conditions. If i could have afforded it at the time, it would have been a Yanmar, but nearly 3x the price!!

Average at best. It can vary a couple of hz. This one used to run a seperate electronic governor, which didnt last due the vibrations and quality of the electronics. If this runs with a 2Kw load and you add another Kw, it can drop a hz. It could probably also be improved with internal work on the governor linkages ( typical Chinese tollerances ). It runs pumps and compressors and resistive loads without worry though.

@@harrothepilot Thank you for your reply. A couple of Herz is not too bad, I guess that huge flywheel helps here. I am in love with these engines and about to buy a 15.5HP Yanmar Diesel. I live off grid solar and charge an electric motorcycle and a Tesla on that system. So perhaps instead of direct charging the EVs I run a series of truck alternators to charge my solar battery and then charge the vehicles via the 8kW sine wave inverter.

@@moestrei Good stuff. The Yanmar would outlive one of these engines by about 4 to 1. Sounds like you have done your homework there. This is only used for standby purposes, but I’d certainly go Yanmar for regular duty. One hint, keep any belts as short as possible. Cheers

@@harrothepilot Thanks for the hint!

Thanks Scott. How's them red trucks going? Hahaha.

@@harrothepilot whens the merch dropping?

@@mingesandwich Tell Scrotom I’ll kick his arse when he gets home!

Its made here in Aus, and it's a 19" cast alloy deck. The engine is a GXV160 Honda with a disc and 4 swingback blades. It has single lever height adjustment and thats about it. No SP, no electric start, very plain but tough as nuggets. Thanks for the comment.

Haha, thanks, on those friends, family, and neighbours lawns.

This was a pile of crap when I got it. Stripped right down to long engine, new rad gasket, intake and exhaust gaskets, governor work, stripped the poxy Chinese paint job and painted it properly. Flywheel loose, so clocked and spec tightened, starter didn’t align properly with ring gear, had to set right, now reasonably quiet and reliable operation. Checked valve clearances, one loose, one tight, adjusted properly. Injector out and cleaned. Has done a few hundred hours with total reliability. Is noisy, but hey.... Starts first hit without fail, no ether, but winter only sees about -3 or -4C where I am. There are stories of them doing thousands and thousands of hours with minimal work. It is only for standby, not regular use, but I think it would be ok given regular service. Hope this helps

I think so, but i would think it would shake like a mongrel, this one is bad enough, and its 11 HP.

Sure. Look for ZS1130 changchai . 1595cc, 22kW@ 2200 rpm, 230 kg.

Thats a pretty small engine. I have heard of 4 HP, but there could well be smaller diesels out there.

@@harrothepilot Yes, that's for sure 196cc $258 USD on eBay. It sold about a week ago. Almost bought it due to it being so small, LoL. Looking back, I probably could have utilized it for something.

As in use it one time and it's shit

Beautiful sound for an old unit. 1993 vintage. New JJ Tesla tubes and output caps. I use it in power amp mode withpreamp.

No, o david. It has a mechanical governor thats operated via a small lever virtually directly on the opposite side of the flywheel. It maintains speed ok, but not much better than that. Fine for a water pump, but you have to keep an eye on it with a generator, or have some really good smoothing electronics.

Beautiful Creature www.wholesale-smallengineparts.com/s195-12hp-water-cooled-4stroke-diesel-engine-p-3069.html

Depends on the load, but about 1 1/2 lts for around 2kw.

@@harrothepilot dang, yours is so quiet compared to my 1999 changchai S1100, mine sounds like a bunch of hammers in a paint shaker! With it's excessively loud "diesel ignition knock" I wonder if the injection timing is messed up, I can't even stand being anywhere near mine, when at 1800 RPM, and I mean its dang near deafening, and loud noises don't bother me that much!

@@turtmastert3545 Dont worry, this thing gets pretty vocal when you have a four or five Kw load on it, with loads of accompanying smoke. Its not a unit for in town use, for certain.