[RE-wrenches] Kohler 8.5 RMY question

[Dana]

Hey Alan - is that a 3600 RPM or 1800 RPM unit? Air cooled or water cooled?
Mostly winter service or year round use?

At 1800 RPM that unit has 80K miles & at 3600 RPOM it has 160K miles. If
3600 RPM, air cooled and in a hot local & depending on the
service/maintenance it has received it may be near the end of its life.
There are too many factors to really determine without a mechanics
investigation as to the health of their unit.

It always perplexes me when people buy something used and then they feel it
was misrepresented. Come on, it was used, and had 2000 hours on it, that is
like a 40 hour work week for almost a year. The $ spent on the lawyer would
fix the probably fix the unit......

 

Thanks

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[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Allan
Sindelar
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 9:29 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Kohler 8.5 RMY question

 

Wrenches,
We sold and installed a few Kohler 8.5 and 11 RMY generators in the first
half of the last decade. We found over the years that followed that they
held up quite well, with very few problems if cared for. 

We have a customer whose off grid system we cared for for about a decade
before she sold her property and moved on. The buyer, with whom I have never
spoken, did little research on the property or the PV system before
purchase, and is now dissatisfied with the system and has sued the seller. I
have been asked to provide some history and guidance to the seller. The
system includes an 8.5 RMY Kohler that, when the property was sold, had
about 2,000 hours on it and was working well, I recall being told. The buyer
has claimed, among other things, that it was "old and near the end of its
service life."

What kind of life have others seen from these units, and how have they held
up in your experience?
Thank you,
Allan

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Allan Sindelar
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NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Installer
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
Positive Energy, Inc.
3201 Calle Marie
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
505 424-1112
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