Decent lister 3.5kVA diesel gennys 4 grabs

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October 13, 2007 at 9:12 pm

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djrichie_t

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… soon!

These are ex-military trolley mounted, 240 volt. I got two of them coming in which I will give a service and then sell them on. They are proper lister-petter ones painted in the classic military green colour, and very solidly built.

Rated at 3.5kVA they will run all day and all night with the full rating and not overheat.

looking for £400 each.

Will have pics when i get them, but they are very much the same as these…
October 20, 2007 at 1:50 pm

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djrichie_t

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Update:

Yep, they are now in my posession. Excellent quality bits of kit proper british built quality.

Weigh about 80 kilos and easy for 1 person to move about on the wheels, needs 2 people to lift. Solid lister quality regarding the engine, although its handle start its pretty easy to start them.

All i am waiting on is some parts which will alter the output safely to 240 volts, once this is all done then they will be available for sale. Estimated time approx 10 days (roughly)

Best thing is the fuel line clips straight onto a standard jerry can, its self bleeding so no worries about getting the fuel into the system.

Let me know if yourwe interested, 1st come 1st served.
October 21, 2007 at 3:36 pm

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General Lighting

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looks like a good deal but if there isn’t one already I’d suggest including a laminated card showing the starting sequence for this genset..

starting handles were falling out of use when we were small kids (although some smaller cars still had them well into the 1980s) – most of your potential customers will have never encountered one before…

at least being a diesel unless its misfuelled I think it can’t kick back and bust someones thumb – a common risk with petrol engines.. (or at least its less likely to do this).
January 9, 2008 at 8:46 pm

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djrichie_t

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update – Yep i still have these I will start work on them next week so in a couple of weeks they will be available fully serviced. Send us a pm or email me djrichie_t@hotmail.com – Just to clarify, theres 2 available. Will have a 16 and 32 amp 240v output on them aswell as the other 2 110v ones.
January 9, 2008 at 10:45 pm

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Ruff Beat Provider

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May be interested nay chance of the price dropping a little?
Why are you selling all your stuff? Seems like stuff you’d wanna hold onto to throw partys!
January 10, 2008 at 2:29 am

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djrichie_t

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I got these two to do up and sell on, so i can get some pennies together to get a bigger genny for Myself.

I wont wanna drop the price if selling singly as these are top notch quality lister gennies, that have hardly had much engine use. Plus my converting them to 240 volt is using over 150 quids worth of decent kit per genny (not just backfeeding a power tool transformer cos that wont last!) so yeah be nice to sell them on knowing that they will still be working fine in 10 years to come.

If buying two at the same time i might knock 50 quid off. Means 7kW of lister for 750 quid…. not bad at all with the added security of using 2 gennies. If one runs out you still got the other. These are well built beasts, built to military spec and the engine oil is clean as the 1st day it was made.
January 10, 2008 at 7:27 am

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General Lighting wrote:

looks like a good deal but if there isn’t one already I’d suggest including a laminated card showing the starting sequence for this genset..

starting handles were falling out of use when we were small kids (although some smaller cars still had them well into the 1980s) – most of your potential customers will have never encountered one before…

at least being a diesel unless its misfuelled I think it can’t kick back and bust someones thumb – a common risk with petrol engines.. (or at least its less likely to do this).

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January 10, 2008 at 10:39 am

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General Lighting

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DaftFader wrote:

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ever seen films with old cars like “chitty chitty bang bang”?

Cars were initially started by switching on the ignition and manually turning over the engine with a handle until high torque DC motors (starter motors) were invented. its the same principle as push starting a car with a flat battery

Until the 1970s there were still cars that had a starting handle available as a backup (as the battery and starter motor often weren’t as reliable as today), and most of these were still on the road when those of us in our 30s were youths and first became curious about cars and engines.

many diesel engines (particularly agricultural machinery) and fixed engines such as generator sets were started in such a manner, but with a diesel everything has to be done in the correct sequence or you will just knacker yourself out and it won’t start. (TBH this applies to all internal combustion engines without electric start, in a crew its actually worth making such a laminated card so everyone knows how to start/stop the genset if required (or if the operations involved are not obvious!)
January 10, 2008 at 11:23 am

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DaftFader

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General Lighting wrote:

ever seen films with old cars like “chitty chitty bang bang”?

Cars were initially started by switching on the ignition and manually turning over the engine with a handle until high torque DC motors (starter motors) were invented. its the same principle as push starting a car with a flat battery

Until the 1970s there were still cars that had a starting handle available as a backup (as the battery and starter motor often weren’t as reliable as today), and most of these were still on the road when those of us in our 30s were youths and first became curious about cars and engines.

many diesel engines (particularly agricultural machinery) and fixed engines such as generator sets were started in such a manner, but with a diesel everything has to be done in the correct sequence or you will just knacker yourself out and it won’t start. (TBH this applies to all internal combustion engines without electric start, in a crew its actually worth making such a laminated card so everyone knows how to start/stop the genset if required (or if the operations involved are not obvious!)

yeah .. i have .. i was just restating what you had said ..as there was no answer 😉 .. plz don’t start on me ….:hiding:
January 10, 2008 at 12:56 pm

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General Lighting

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DaftFader wrote:

yeah .. i have .. i was just restating what you had said ..as there was no answer 😉 .. plz don’t start on me ….:hiding:

fair enough, wasn’t initially sure what you are referring to.

its just that I saw one crew (who are otherwise very clued up) get into a right muddle trying to start a similar one of these ex-MOD gensets (perhaps a bigger one) at a party a few years back.

Although these are good pieces of kit they aren’t initially as straightforward to start as the Japanese petrol gensets a lot of crews are used to. That said I’d buy one if I had the use for one (mind you the way things are going with the electric round here might need one at work)
January 10, 2008 at 1:02 pm

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DaftFader

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General Lighting wrote:

fair enough, wasn’t initially sure what you are referring to.

its just that I saw one crew (who are otherwise very clued up) get into a right muddle trying to start a similar one of these gensets at a party a few years back.

Although these are good pieces of kit they aren’t initially as straightforward to start as the Japanese petrol gensets a lot of crews are used to.

yeah wasn’t very clear .. true say … 😉
January 11, 2008 at 7:11 pm

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djrichie_t

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Yeah these gennies you just push the decompression lever, wind the handle like fuk to build up the revs, flip lever and it starts firing. The handle is made so it cant kick back on you. Saves the added weight of battery/starter motor.
January 28, 2008 at 1:11 pm

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djrichie_t

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All completed, heres the pics and specs:

3.5kVA each – handle start (quite easy there is a slight nack to it) They are military spec, will last many years and will take punishment! Very low hours (250 hours on one, 86 on the other) Runs straight off ordinary jerry cans (not included) no bleeding necessary.

Fully serviced, oil topped up (oil is v clean) and load tested. They were 110v but I spent £130 on each upgrading them to dual 110/240v.

Note: 2nd pic shows the outlet board is extendable and has a 5 metre connection lead to the alternator.

Handles are also included which sit into the ends for carrying. Also includes earthing stakes.

Open to decent offers. pm if interested.

Can deliver on pallet.
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