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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Originally Posted by Rickysa
Folks, another idea is to take an old Detroit Diesel 2-71 24kw pulled from a refrigerated boxcar and do a simple top-end rebuild...that's what I did.
Burns less than 1 gal/hr and at a lower RPM...last forever. We had an old fuel furnace that we replaced a few years ago, so we already had a 500 gal. tank in the ground...just get an electrician to wire it up to the house, and good to go.
Me and my fat arse w/ the generator: Detroit Diesel 2-71 Generator - YouTube |
Rick,
Very nice and excellent idea. This would power everything needed and for a very good price!
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