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Originally Posted by Hugh R
Are you sure? I understand that it runs at a constant HP, but can't you use a governor to limit the HP so that you can only pull so many KVA?
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I still think output would suffer but if Hugh can get some model and serial number data I'll be at the Cat place sometime next week and I'll run it past them. It might be possible with some of the newer style engines as they are all computer controled now. If you have engine trouble nowadays, the first thing the Cat man does when he gets to the machine is hook up a laptop. I had a D6T quit recently. When the mechanic hooked up the laptop in just a minute he said the trouble was that the injection pump was "only" putting out 20,000 PSI, it was supposed to be putting out 30,000 PSI. I was stunned, it seems like the old pumps with the mechanical governors only put out about 1200 PSI or so. You can't even reuse injector lines anymore. If removed, replace them he told me. Different world nowadays.