MIKE REPAIRS AND RUNS 130 YEAR OLD GENERATOR

Mike repairs, tests and runs a 130 year old generator that belongs to our Buddy Mark. Mark also starts and runs some of his Museum Quality engines in his collection for us
Original video: Diagnosing a 130 year old Generator
• DIAGNOSING A 130 YEAR ...
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[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Awesome. Thanks for taking the time to share this with us. The sound of the engine at "rated" speed is amazing. I can only dream about how a powerhouse back in the day must have sounded. It seems like, maybe, the DC generator could need a different belt ratio so that it can see more RPM's without the engine being at such as high speed. It's so good to see that this machine still is alive and well!

[@billmoran3812]

Nice to see that old engine and Generator running up to rated speed. Most often when these machines run in museums they barely tick over, giving a false impression that they were intended to run that slowly. It’s understandable that they are old and no one wants to work them too hard.

[@ericmaurer3337]

Nice to see Mike again, miss his KZbin videos.

[@oregonwinger64]

anybody know why he quit ? I watch quite a few videos, and a few authors are sure having trouble with their "boss"

[@aleblanc3547]

It’s crazy how many companies there were making good engines back then. These days only 3 or maybe 4 companies make 99 percent of things like central air conditioners washers and dryers and even cars these days no matter what name is on the product.

[@CraigArndt]

Man, that Mike is something else. What a smart fella, love to see him think through fixing things. Learn a lot from you guys. Nice work EJ.

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks for stopping by Bud!!☻

[@victoryfirst2878]

@@805ROADKING You are the man roadking.

[@357magdad]

Mike always amazes me with his knowledge! Mark's museum looks like a great place to hang out!

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!! He teaches this ol' dog new tricks every time I'm with him!!☻

[@VintageEngineRepairs]

I love how Mike now gives it back to you as good as you give it to him 😂 he use to be shy and quiet, he’s spent too much time around you Roadking 😂🤣lovely video, thanks for sharing mate!!

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!! Mike is sharp as a tack, he can match wits with Roadking all day!!☻

[@VintageEngineRepairs]

@@805ROADKING I love the relationship you two have; perfect friendship!

[@wrenchguy]

A wonderful magical place. Thanx.

[@chrishartley1210]

Great to see this old stuff still able to produce power. I did wonder about Mike's comment that another 80rpm would put the voltage up to 120. Surely, at the time these were in use, the standard voltage was 110?

[@mikepelz7004]

Overhead Cam and Roller Rockers, that's why those engines lasted so long!

[@jcondon1]

Amazing old equipment and some very knowledgeable people operating it. Never seen anything like that before.

[@rdg2124]

Really good stuff here. We used to pull traction motors apart and set the armature into a 55-gallon drum with 4 or 5 100-watt lights in the bottom and a heavy blanket on the top. They'd sit for a week and then megger excellent. Sometimes old-school works best!

[@victoryfirst2878]

YOU guys make my day. Always showing something unique and running. As if you went back in time and brought back history. Nice work fellas. The collection your friend has is first class. There is love of old machinery in that museum for sure. Real nice video fellas.

[@aserta]

1:38 that's a stupid reason, they could setup a temporary bath to dip it with an end of life batch (which would be perfectly acceptable for an antique) and then that's that, it's a normal bake from there. New companies can get real lazy. Reminds me of that story Jay Leno said about the impellers inside one of his steam cars. That he had to shame the company into making the same part saying "your great grandpa made this and you can't?" (paraphrased). I've personally had to deal with this kind of no-go attitude in my field (architecture, specifically in old building restoration) with stuff that wasn't even half a century into its life time. 'we can't do this, because x and y' - oh, but they're awfully upset whenever you send business in another country.

[@butler386]

What a great collection of great machines only to be matched by great minds. Thanks for the trip down memory lane and the videos.

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks for watching Dbut!!☻

[@able880]

Many of those engines and generators were still in use up till the 1960s befor REA brought AC to rural towns in the south - My grandfater started working on gens about 1900 - the old power houses for towns had 55 large 2 volt lead acid cells - A engine and gen would be run 2 hrs in the morning and 2 hrs in the evening to charge the power house batterys - they were fully charged all day on friday - I think those cell might have been 100 to 200000 amps - some were the size of a pick up bed and about 5 ft tall - The strength of the acid was 1.210 or in areas that never dropped below 0° it was 1.195 strngth acid - They added sufates to decrease the acids resistance - With weaker acid lead acid batterys last longer than 60 yrs of cycling -the plates dont rot and swell in weak acid or flake and shead material - They also dont sulate as easely in weak acid and easily desulate when equlized -

[@JesperValentine]

What a nice different video. You guys are lucky getting your hands dirty on such fine equipment! Thanks as always for sharing 😊

[@feraltweed]

Such a cool video. I subbed even though I know I already subbed. What’s up with that. Anyway if I bought an outfit like this would it keep my small freezer cold during a power outage

[@wrenchguy]

Nice comfy chairs, a must for every geezers shop.

[@nashguy207]

I'M giving her all shes got captain!! I remember the video from last year. Man mark has a lot of nice old machines would love to see whats in all those storage containers.

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!! He's got quite a collection there!!☻

[@thomasstrickland0]

Smaller Flywheel for the Gen head could solve the over speeding issue on the engine.

[@WallysPlace66]

Hey Roady keep your hands off Mike's stuff! 🤣

[@805ROADKING]

Believe me, I try to!!☻

[@nathangrabotin1028]

You guys need to come over to Oregon for the Great Oregon Steam Up at Antique Power Land. They have the big engines all set up in their own building to see them run.

[@Tadfafty]

Ah, didn't fully expect to see Colin583 here, been subscribed to both your channels for years.

[@gatorsworld]

I liked all the test and the machinery.....It’s in my domain of work.....industrial electrical...I watched it two times.....CHEERS

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Gator!! You two would get along good, Mike needs someone like you to talk to!! I'm dumb as a rock when it come to electricity and electronics!!☻

[@NarfBLAST]

I am guessing most of the old guys watching this video could not hear the high pitched noise?

[@Tadfafty]

That engine it is belted to appears to have several V belt or cable slots in the flywheel, what is that about?

[@ihus9950]

Mike sure has alot of knowledge in the Electrical field, wish I had half of it. Thanks for sharing RK👍🏻

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!! Electrical is just a small portion of his trade talents!!☻

[@bobjoncas2814]

...looks good, nice work, old iron doesn't have to be retired, keep safe..

[@johnstrange6799]

Can't believe it's been a year since you guys were up there last. Boy how time flies.

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!!☻

[@johnfeemster4137]

so a hockey puck wouldn't work on the insulators

[@Maxxarcade]

I love the sound those big old engines make. I could listen to that all day compared to a modern 3600RPM generator.

[@Turningwrenches85]

Wow 130 yrs old and runs like a top

[@douro20]

Blackstone...old British engine, far more common in Europe than in the US. Those oil engines can be hard to get going but they're made to run around the clock. There used to be a Bremen Caloric hot-air pumping engine in a shop close to me. There are probably only 20-30 of those engines known to exist.

[@Tadfafty]

My that's impressive.

[@Antony_Jenner]

Wow! Mikes got some attitude, must be a bit grumpy lol.

[@805ROADKING]

Actually he handled it alot better than I would have considering he had half a dozen engines running around him in room full of exhaust fumes!! Especially in the dangerous position he was in right next to that huge belt with a circus going on around him!!☻

[@mgclark46]

Is Mike OK?

[@MatthewBerginGarage]

You are right Mike, looks like all she needs is to give the rotor a good bake and epoxy and some new brush rigging insulators and she will be good to go. A nice old beastie. 👍😎

[@luciferofatlantis6894]

If you still have the briggs and stratton 4 cylinder maybe try making a briggs & stratton straight 8 next.

[@twocvbloke]

Hearing the brushes whining like that is like listening to a front-loading washing machine ramping up about to go for a spin-cycle, only I've neer pulled DC arcs off a washing machine when unplugging it... :P

[@m9ovich785]

HOLLY COW !!! What SWEET sounds emanating from that room ........

[@shaggy5777]

You should see the riding lawn mower that I'm working on. It started life as a Yard Machine by MTD I replaced the stock 18 horse Briggs with a 27 horse commercial Briggs I had to have a custom double pully welded together to get it to work. The steering gears were stripped so I modified it with a hydraulic steering that was designed for an outboard boat motor. I built a new steering console where the battery has been moved from under the seat to under the steering console. The fuel tank was replaced with a 5 gallon racing fuel cell that is now under the seat. I'm also building a new front grill to replace the broken plastic POS that it cam with. I have it framed out including a 13 inch fog lamp to replace the head lights. I'm also going to install custom rear fenders to give it more of a classic tractor look.

[@lorenzobeckmann3736]

I don't mind telling you that I saw equipment this old, in worse condition, in use various old theaters in a major US city. Fire inspectores without a clue as where to look for hazards.

[@357magdad]

Thanks for the shout out! It was fun hangin' out with you and the Mikes!

[@805ROADKING]

Good times Bud!! Thanks for the footage!!☻

[@BorisOsipov]

Очень приятно было вспомнить одну из моих специальностей - электромеханик, машинист электростанций. Все действия были родны и знакомы :-)

[@sallybrokaw6124]

Blackstone is an English engine manufacturer. High quality yes.AL B.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Mike was in the ZONE!!!! =D Great stuff King!

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!!☻

[@rw3dog]

Great video. That old Generator is amazing, but not as amazing as Mike’s skills. What an engine collection …………. I am drooling over it 🤣

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Dog!!☻

[@danielgraf8294]

If you guys are still coming to the show, make sure you check out my buddy Steve's 15,000 watt GE Edison Dynamo that he restored, powered by his 12-1/2hp Ruston-Hornsby engine.

[@805ROADKING]

I'm sure Mike will find it!! We'll probably be there about 7 or 8 Thurs Morn'!!☻

[@MrGoosePit]

Watching these videos, I always hope just a tiny fraction of Mike's knowledge seeps into the cracks in my brain... Thanks for an awesome experience RK!

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Goose!! I learn something every time we're together, my problem is I can't retain it!!☻

[@999thenewman]

Yay Road King is with his friends ^_^ Is your hearing aid loose? I can hear something screaming, much like my father's set.

[@805ROADKING]

That was an air leak, I'm glad he finally shut it down!!☻

[@mikewinkelman7015]

What a beautiful bunch of engines.

[@larrydavidson3402]

I would love to go through this museum. Very interesting video from start to finish. Mike's knowledge of generators is second to none.

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Larry!! Yeah alotta high end stuff you never see!!☻

[@WillSmithHitandMiss]

Amazing engine place !!

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!!☻

[@Skylineview713]

What is Colin’s Chanel name? I wanted to check it out but couldn’t make out what he was saying.

[@805ROADKING]

Here ya go!! kzbin.info/door/gikCpCbKwuf9fMxPFa7PFQ

[@donaldhalls2189]

Never gets old watching those old engines run, thanks for showing us around them, excellent video, all the best to yous and your loved ones

[@805ROADKING]

Thank you Donald!!☻

[@Ricopolico]

Mike, you're frickin' jive.

[@aleblanc3547]

So I gotta say when it comes to Mike you never know if he’s sharing something he read or something he taught himself. 😊

[@805ROADKING]

He reads alot but most of it is on the job training!!☻

[@ron827]

Does anyone know more about generators than your buddy, Mike? He is a genius.

[@805ROADKING]

If there is someone out there I've never met them!!☻

[@TheShadeTreeFixitMan]

Neat old piece of equipment EJ. Mike is the best.

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!!☻

[@walterwhitaker1395]

Hey is this the "Smallenginemechanic" Guy?

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!!☻

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

Thanks for the Entertainment in my down time King ! Got that Covid again ..

[@805ROADKING]

Holy Christ Dude!! You have the worst luck!! I just had the Covids a few weeks ago, I'm still not right but we'll be OK!! Good luck Bud, don't infect the rest of the family!!☻

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

@@805ROADKING That is where I got it . My Wife brings it home from Tractor Supply where she works ! Get well my friend ..

[@brianyoung9014]

Don't you have access to a megger ?

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah he has one in his work truck, we were 300 miles away from it!!☻

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

Nothing like old iron!

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!!☻

[@larrypalmer2415]

Enjoyable video!

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Larry!!☻

[@mr1pearl]

Its alive 🤖 nice !

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!!☻

[@kilroy294]

My ears what’s that hi pitched sound

[@johanvangelderen6715]

The brushes which drag on the commutator.. he said they need adjustment. The electricity is produced as the generator spins. The brushes grab the electricity, . The brushes don't spin. They are connected to the output wires.

[@805ROADKING]

In the beginning of the video it was an air leak, I'm glad he finally shut it off!!☻

[@waynecreech]

Nuffa This!

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!!☻

[@jdmccorful]

A neat look at the History of Technology. You guys did good, thanks!

[@805ROADKING]

Thanks Mac!!☻

[@MyassesDragon]

that place looks dangerous

[@805ROADKING]

Yeah Buddy!!☻