Homemade Large Generator 50hp 12v 120v with Suzuki G10 engine

[@prudhommejc]

Building something useful from spare stuff that might otherwise be wasted is a noble undertaking- Bravo! This in an excellent example of actual individual creation!

[@ytugtbk]

I knew there was a practical use for a Suzuki car engine.

[@Dietpepsiahh]

"its a bit Junky", Bro that thing is awesome.

[@dimitardimitrov9482]

I double on this. Great generator! Great video!!!

[@garthrichert5256]

Fantastic. Please come to South Africa and become our president.

[@AllStarStyla1]

no commet but give your life to God who knows to appreciate the right heart no beauty, please!

[@georgemay909]

Yes man this is absolutely ace 😁 I take my hat off to you.

[@silverbankruptcy]

What do you do for a Governor to keep the RPM's up when a Load is attached?

[@kitecattestecke2303]

Is that not done by the car ecu still on it to run the injector and everything?

[@pfun41]

@@kitecattestecke2303 If it's at idle the computer will automatically adjust the rpm to maintain it's programmed Idle speed. If he opens the throttle manually the computer will not try to control the rpm.

[@brianmendoza9095]

Genius man keep tinkering

[@HearsingAround]

Nice Got some spare 1.7l diesels and induction starters laying arround Gotta weld me a frame tho

[@susanagodinho1909]

Awesome. I'm not such a big fan of the 12V setup tough. You might be luckier just getting a variable frequency drive and get regenerative DC from the induction motor instead (One it is excited you can also get AC, with much better control than a capacitor bank) From the rectified DC you can use some high quality server power supplies to feed the 12V system. I have one in my EV and they are really nice giving out 50A easily.

[@lyndonthan4350]

Hi. Very interested in this. Can you tell me more? You are suggesting to use an AC motor as an alternator, with its output feeding into a VFD, correct? The purpose being that with the VFD you can get a constant 60 hz output. But the problem is the output then is square wave. And what are your referring to WRT to 'regenerative DC' ? thanks so much !

[@drowinwasteland]

That is awesome, looks straight out of Fallout 4.

[@stillamer]

install Fallout 4 (cracked), play 40 minutes and remove it permanently. Then buy GTA 5 and play forever.

[@STOICDevelopmentcenterofEARTH]

D B yea bro this is a straight old school generator

[@valveman12]

Hey love the DIY Gen. I'm all about the recycling. My motto: If it's free, it's for me!

[@christinyou2014]

me too lol

[@AnEverydayGamer]

I always figured people would do this with car engines during the apocalypse.

[@waifuracer6516]

i dont know if you are american, but if you have access to VW group older small diesel engines, that would be your best bet in terms of reliability and fuel economy. Like a 1.4 3 cylinder tdi engine is probably the best for a project like this, its small, its light, reliable, and consumes very little fuel, altough I dont think they were sold in NA markets, if not, you can always use a 1.9tdi, altough it will be bigger and heavier, it will still give the same reliability and amazing fuel economy. But anyways good project!

[@sergemensonides1652]

I thought also about the vw diesel. Than running on vegetable oil. Maybe only disadvantage louder as the petrol engine?

[@bbnCRLB]

My dad wanted to do this with our Volkswagen bettle. His had planned to leave the engine inside the car and mechanical transport the rotation to the alternator.

[@OBXSOLWIND]

Great video.. I to love to repurpose things and having a quiet generator is a great thing. Thanks for sharing....

[@kimmer6]

Good job! Geo/Suzuki 1.0 engines that had air conditioners on them had a solenoid on the firewall near the air cleaner that kicked up the idle speed when the AC compressor was running. The little engine would stall without one. The solenoid admits air to the throttle body and has an adjustment thumb screw. You could goose it up to 2000+ rpm at idle with the solenoid energized. Its a ''nothing'' part that might be useful to you.

[@nilay.k.srivastava]

Sounds very similar to perhaps an older version of the Suzuki's F8D 3 cyl engine. The F8D is MPI though and still quite relevant by todays standards.

[@mrmatt2525able]

nice! can you make a video on how to modify a alternator to put out 120V ac? and or how to turn a induction motor into a generator ? that would be great, i making a generator at the moment for camping, thanks for the video, looks good

[@shepherdwarriorKING]

Nice but can you use this to power your home? I doubt it

[@MrSteve8511]

More engines should be converted to generators!

[@chrisniner8772]

Buy surplus 28 volt generator head and run that and a 120 volt AC off of the flywheel end of the engine. That would be more efficient than kluging a bunch of car alternators onto the front. If you want lots of 12 volt amps...go to a school bus weecking yard and grab a 350 amp 12 volt alternator... One belt and you have more current than all of those put together. If you can run the engine at a reasonably low RPM it wont be too noisy but for the power you get into the battery. .you will be burning a lot of fuel. They make PTO generators for farm tractors... Look at how those work. An old welder would also make a potential generator head as would an old wind generator

[@slizovskiy]

Hi, I very much wonder if you can connect the cooling circuit of this engine to home radiator heating system. If yes, then how much heat would it really deliver?

[@mickeydapikey335]

Now build yourself a gasifier to accompany the system so that zukey G10 could be dual powered petrol and biomass

[@Soho9111]

can you post a video about how to take out the engine with all its part out of the car?

[@stillamer]

Suzuki G10 - is the engine for 4 wheels cars like Suzuki Cultus, Holden Barina.

[@finney67]

i would place the dash controls and heater rad in the cabin

[@no-damn-alias]

Use a universal cruise control to run the rpm and an asynchronous generator. It will self synchronize with an existing network also called "Danish concept" and the heat from the engine can be used to heat your house or neighborhood including warm water for showering. Can be very fuel efficient, especially when combine both and you'll get some money for it. Enough working junkyard engines around for that job. Most expensive part is the generator but you could use old train motors

[@finpainter1]

cool

[@forgotmylogininfo]

Cool set up. I'm guessing you have a fork lift to pick this up? If not you may want to think about how to drain the oil for servicing if you can't lift it.

[@Sparkles_x64]

I'm currently doing this with a 2.3L inline 4 cyl from a 92 Ford Mustang. Very similar concepts, nick-named it "Project Left Overs", because we're trying not to buy a ton of new stuff. Hope you find it when I start posting videos soon.

[@mitchellw6811]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the whole point of making something from leftovers is to show how easy it would be with purposely bought components. I gotta try this sometime 😋

[@savagenomore]

that's pretty slick man, if I ever get my own house I'm gonna build something like that...

[@gtb81.]

You should never use a computer on a generator go for carb's not throdle bodys

[@ramonquiroz7153]

I'm .here because in Mexicali we lose Energy for earthquake and i.need something like thise..

[@joblessalex]

I'm glad to see someone has old blets. Those are hard to come by.

[@daanvolvo5719]

Does this also works if you have an 20kva generator dynamo? Or are car engines not supposed to run stationair al the time?

[@KyleCarrington]

Excuse my ignorance, cause I do not know the answer, but, if you want to load down a conventional ICE as you are doing, wouldn't "the load" better be place on the back end, and not the front, or would that require too much throttling / RPM. i guess it'd need transmission, for speed, but wouldn't it be stronger? Thanks

[@beingsneaky]

Where is the "Final" vid. all boxed up and looking good?

[@mafosa8519]

This is what makes KZbin great!! Larry

[@hamidsk2573]

it is efficient to attach a bach or series of 12 v car alternator to the car engine, instead of using one commercial generator

[@Ihavetruth22]

This was interesting. No mention of the actual electric generator that i could see.

[@jacobhall8267]

Could you of welded a muffler to a generator with less work and from maybe same car

[@carllattimore8227]

Awesome generator bro! DIY at its finest!

[@pusswhakker]

Kind a cool that you made a gen from scrap stuff. However why so much HP for even 4 alternators. Also that clicking noise you here under power, that is on o the alts. they do not like being loaded that much, and what you are hearing is bearing knock.

[@marmaladekamikaze]

pusswhakker I was wondering what that was, thanks!

[@frog249]

Why did you keep the ac control system?

[@hotrodmercury3941]

The engine would stall without one. Suzuki made the ac compressor pump into the engine too.

[@tarakalsafe3538]

How much kva it can produce pls?

[@egn83b]

Can't wait to finish my prius generator setup. Junk yard technology to the rescue minus the hv battery pack and ecu. The Toyota echo ecu does the job perfectly.

[@123xboxman]

Hi nice set up ... about how much gas does it use per hour per pulling maybe 2k watts ?

[@egn83b]

Also since your using a computer to run your engine make sure you get the engine light off the system otherwise it dumps too much fuel. Since this thing is not in a car you can get away with some nasty mods because your not dealing with emissions since its stationary. Another thing that can increase run time is heat your fuel before it goes into the engine.

[@egn83b]

Awesome idea. Since you have junk as a resource you can still make it look professional. The trick is make a wire harness out of existing wire and get some black electrical tape and loom it up. Spend the money and invest in new belts as a safety net. Get some spray paint and sand paper and clean up your nasty motor. This could be a great system. The way to idle up the engine when you add a load is by adding a air bypass solenoid to the intake instead of opening up the throttle so you save gas.

[@georgemiller6930]

This is amazing!!!! Holy cow

[@commdiver55]

Just curious how you connected multiple alternators, it looks like they are all somewhat modern so I'm assuming they all have the regulator built in. Did you just simple not plug them in and only ran the power output wire off each? Or are they all plugged in and spliced into the voltage input on the ECM? Great work though by the way.

[@lawrencemayne1906]

Thanks for showing a cool freely assembled generator video. Inspirational.

[@AbyssmalAngel]

I'm ready for my Ford F-450 powered house please....

[@deadman12078]

Great job. Know how you feel about noise. One of the reasons I purchased the inverters. Use the inverters all the time. The gen has sat in the garage for 5 years now. Swing down and I'll trade you the gas gen for a scrap Neon

[@MrBugsier5]

when using a inducton motor, or any other generator for 120 or 230 volts mains power its not only the voltage thats inportant but also the rpm of the generator, holding it on 50 or 60 hertz.(when you use other loads then resistive, or glow bulbs or sery's tipe motors like vac"s or skil saws etc)(those are not frequenty sensitive),

[@timothytim9081]

That's great that you have this scrap and engines to work with, a diesel is more preferred but since those Suzuki engines are free and easy to work on what the heck. If you the run on Syngas gasifier you won't need a throttle body or carb you can run it direct with a ball valve for the RPMs. Have you thought about getting one of those heavy duty Chinese ST generator heads to use with this ?

[@evanriddle1614]

25kw seems to be the magic number that allows enough power to power a house or vehicle. Good thinking. Thanks

[@dexter2433]

very cool build nothing better than taking someone's junk and turning into a productive device the one thing i try to tell friends and family is to buy a decent inverter and keep it around the house for emergency power because anyone can take a 1500w 3000w surge inverter and run a few lights and a fan or even use a hot plate to cook food just by connecting it to your car battery now this is not something for any long term solution but if you need emergency lights you can power a couple of led floods off of the inverter with the car at idle allowing it to run off of the power the alternator produces also for short uses you could even power a microwave for say 10 min to cook emergency food and then allow car to recharge battery and if it is super hot at least run a couple of fans i even have a small 400w 800w surge inverter that i have used to power a small single serving electric skillet i have for heating up stew or other single serving helping of foods like i seed it is a emergency resource that you can tap into if you have a simple $50 400w inverter around and inverters do not go bad sitting on shelf in garage 20 years down the road it should work when you need it

[@RoadRunnerMeep]

Random projects that are cobbled together are a lot more fun. you learn so much

[@scottyjones27]

That is great!!! ur a hillbilly brother from another mother!! Hillbilly is a super good thing to b proud of!!! I Lov the way ur mind works

[@samisiddique5000]

how to fix self-starter bro

[@AgustinCesar]

Is been 3 years, yet I still wonder why is the A/C-Heating cluster also there? :P just wondering :P

[@superpeluso1]

So what the update, did you finish it ? I have a project too so just wondering, I also have few questions about it

[@pepticobject5269]

Hey! Got an update on the Generator? If you Still have it or so Make another video or make another! Cause i would want to try this!

[@bharatkumarjoshi1596]

Wow excellent work

[@jaimemarino3857]

Can you calculate a homemade generator that can power a DC or AC motor of a converted electric car? I suppose the Lister engine is not suitable because it requires a motor with speed acceleration.

[@jimrojas62]

How much does this engine weigh? I am debating whether to use this engine or a 27HP Briggs & Stratton V Twin on my generator.

[@vaporlife1987]

my favorite viedo

[@kitecattestecke2303]

The amazing thing is that you recycle and keep the catalysor on which means its much cleaner than the China portable noisemaker!!

[@fredcombs7234]

Now it’s built what can you do with it , charge batteries and ?.....

[@usnva5638]

That's quite a contraption you got there. Be careful not to get entangled in those belts.

[@thebige312]

I know im late but if you want ac from the alternators you can take of there rectifiers and then hooked up a transformer to get 120 volts

[@kevins6277]

THAT IS AWESOME!!!!! LOL! I love it! nice work. I believe northern tool dot com has a 10,000 watt gen head that is belt driven for cheap. I think that would be a great addition to your project, except that you'd have to pay for it, but everything you've done is really cool. *gives kurtskottage 2 thumbs up*

[@ryanthethumb]

Great work bud thumbs up do you no what it costs per kwh of electricty

[@meyawabdulaziz3863]

thats why i want to use car engine its so quite compared to those generators , plus its starts hell lot easier

[@nunyabidness-qr5vp]

if ur gunnna use an i3 y not use a i4 there so much more common

[@joycethomas8868]

Nice and quiet ! Any idea how your gonna regulate ac when you get the induction motor hooked up?

[@GuruBrew]

Brilliant!

[@wertiaaudit5746]

✅

[@Brian-us5vx]

You are brilliant! Bravo! God bless!

[@tubecamp]

You are amazing man! I have been watching you videos and amazed by your knowledge and ability to adapt things and built something useful, and also your kindness to share on youtube to inspire and give some ideas, and reuse more things. I wish i could have 10 percent of your knowledge. thank you very much for posting! God Bless You!!

[@windoes98se]

i would imagine it is very flue efficient

[@jacobraper2552]

U need a fan for it so it can stay cool

[@fishrrelaxing9361]

Interesting build but why use an electric fan and cooling system instead of mechanical? You are drawing power to run while trying to generate power. That motor has enough power to run enough kW to power an entire street so using up some of the mechanical hp is not a concern. Just not very logical Imop. But I can see the time and effort you put in..

[@AaronsAutomotive]

john smith i think it was done more so to be able to put the radiator and fan off the side for engine cooling rather than up front to leave easy access to the belts, pulleys, and alternators, along with the safety factor of not having a belt driven fan always spinning right near all of his controls and switches. and the draw on the firefly electric fans is still pretty little.

[@Footrotflats251]

so free gasoline?

[@offroadryanmb]

Nice job! I love making things out of free stuff

[@shartne]

Good idea.

[@jdub1922]

Wow, I hope you don't have kids, or pets, or local animal populations... That looks sketchy dangerous!! I still love it though!

[@fredyearian4968]

Induction motor will NOT generate AC for you. A three phase motor can be used to create the third phase, but the excitation has to have AC to start with. If you take AC machines in college you would have covered this... not sure if they still teach that.

[@g0fvt]

+Fred Yearian The classic squirrel cage single phase motor can be used to generate electricity, using a capacitor across the output. Regulation is not great but they do work.

[@g0fvt]

+Fred Yearian www.qsl.net/ns8o/Induction_Generator.html this might interest you

[@christinyou2014]

Hi, I read your comment you left and I am wanting to build something like this to power our entire home. I got the impression you are knowledgeable in this area. My plan is to use a wood gasifier to fuel a 4-cylinder engine to power a generator to make a/c electricity. I would love to talk with you and get your input if you are interested. inchrist2014@gmail and my name is Keith. Thanks

[@preparedchipmunk]

That is way amazing.

[@igotajopamerica3040]

Suskistein

[@MrMax31kk]

Third class set up and installation 1000 cc engine very bad quality

[@kimberlelehr1903]

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