[RE-wrenches] WATER COOLED - 1800 RPM - 13KW GENERATORS INQUIRY

[Amos Post]

I will second with 4-5 per year.  The Kohlers are what we use currently also in the 8-14KW range for off-grid (mostly the 14KW size).


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> On Jul 6, 2022, at 9:20 AM, Luke Christy via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
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> Hi Dana,
> Following up on this, I would certainly be interested. 
> We are a  small shop but I typically sell and install 5-8 generators per year. These are almost always Kohler 3600rpm 14kW units, so a 13 kW low speed unit would be welcome as an option. 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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>> On Jun 30, 2022, at 12:01 PM, Dana Orzel via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org <mailto:re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>> wrote:
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>> Hey now all you off grid designer/installers,
>>  
>> I just had a conversation with generator manufacturer (name withheld for the moment), about 8-13KW water cooled gensets with UL & LP gas powered. I explained that there is a long time hole in the market since Onan & Kohler dropped their gensets for prime power in this size range.
>>  
>> If they made the investment to produce & UL certify a 13KW - 1800 RPM - water cooled – 2 wire start, prime power rated - 120/240vac genset, how many off grid systems are being installed with oversized gensets?
>>  
>> If this was available how many units would each of you be interested in per year? I am not asking for a commitment just a market survey for this sized unit.
>>  
>> If there was 20-30 companies selling 4-5+ each per year this might be a possibility.
>>  
>> Let me know either off list or on list (if this is OK ? Michael let us know) & I hope there is a possibility here for more appropriately sized & available gensets for our off grid client systems.
>> I will be passing along this research to the OE manufacturer. If you do not want your name passed along let me know for now.
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