<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">I have seen some 10 and 12 KW Kohler RZ gennys get ~16,000 hours. Those are water cooled units, of course.<br><div> </div>Nick Soleil<br>Project Manager<br>Advanced Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC<br>PO Box 657<br>Petaluma, CA 94953<br>Cell: 707-321-2937<br>Office: 707-789-9537<br>Fax: 707-769-9037<div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Darryl Thayer <daryl_solar@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, January 18, 2011 6:39:43
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I do not have a lot of experiance but for back up commerical generatoers,<br> but on smaller generators, 5 to 10 kW top end overhaul 1000 hours max, total <br>3000 hours<br>Medium size 50 to 150 kW top end 2000 hours total overhaul 8 to 10,000 hours. <br>Big engines 4 to 5000 hrs for top end and bottom end up to 20,000 hours<br><br><br><br>----- Original Message ----<br>From: Kent Osterberg <<a ymailto="mailto:kent@coveoregon.com" href="mailto:kent@coveoregon.com">kent@coveoregon.com</a>><br>To: Wrenches <<a ymailto="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>><br>Sent: Tue, January 18, 2011 5:06:28 PM<br>Subject: [RE-wrenches] Generator Operating Cost<br><br>Fellow wrenches,<br><br>Anyone have some information, perhaps a spreadsheet, showing the cost to operate <br>a generator?<br>How many hours should one expect a water-cooled propane
generator to operate <br>before overhaul or retirement? 25,000?<br>How many hours should one expect a water-cooled diesel generator to operate <br>before overhaul or retirement? 40,000?<br><br><br>Thanks.<br><br>Kent Osterberg<br>Blue Mountain Solar, Inc.<br>_______________________________________________<br>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br><br>List Address: <a ymailto="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>Options & settings:<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a></span><br><br><span>List-Archive: <a target="_blank" href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a></span><br><br>List rules & etiquette:<br><a
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