You might want to consider a heat exchanger to separate outside water and inside of the engine coolant. After some time there grows a whole biotop in the engine, which is difficult to clean. The engine in my first boat was full of mussels. In my next boat i installed a heat exchanger which is easy to clean, just by removing the front plate and using long and thin brushes.
You're wasting your breath. The guy is obviously clueless, and doesn't have the money to do it right. He should have done that in the beginning, but he cheaped out on the generator unit. The whole boat is a cheap piece of junk in the first place.
Use a power drill to excite the field. Plug the drill into the socket on the generator. Attach a crank handle in the drill chuck. Hold the drill securely and manually spin the drill motor with the handle. I would try spinning the motor clockwise and counterclockwise just to be sure. It doesn't always take on the first try, so you may have to work at it for a bit.
So just as food for thought, before you scrap the old generator, I would have a specialist take a look! A diesel engine doesn't break down so quickly due to overheating, and if the generator has broken down, then it's not "traditional German quality" like Könner & Söhnen have on their label, but some cheap Chinese scrap! If you have only spoken to Könner & Söhnen about it, I would definitely consult a specialist and get a second opinion!
In my experience that is typical "German quality". Over priced, over complicated, rubbish. You want quality buy Chinese every time at a fraction of the price, it'll last at least ten times as long. I've never bought anything German that's been any good. It will be very shiny, they're good at polishing a turd.
The generator end is a rotating transformer: primary winding and secondary winding... There is a capacitor that is powered by induction that powers one of the windings. Most genie ends have two ports to attach a battery 12vdc to charge the capacitor(s). Let it charge for a few minutes, then start the generator. plug a load into the genie, and it should start generating. If not, check continuity on each winding and check capacitors using a multimeter.
As I paused and took a screenshot of your caps. They look brand new. Pull them and charge with 12v batt. then plug them in again. Becareful not to touch both of the capacitors' contacts, it's a nasty burn or could kill you if it goes across your heart. I would check the ohms on each wire set going to capactiors using a multimeter.
if your windings are shorted out, either you rewind the genie end or replace it. Also, check for brushes, some genie ends have carbon brushes to transfer energy to and from rotating winding.
@@pauleiselstein132 12 volts caps wouldnt kill you. Yeah yeah its the amp that kill but 12 volts through human body will have a very very low current. He probably wouldnt feel anything. If you short them it will make a big sparks. The heat could probably burn you and its the worst that can happen. BUT! Always respect polarity. Not all caps are like this but I dont know what those are so + on + and - on -. Otherwise it may explode. been there done that.
@pascha4527 Those caps are usually rated for 120 or 240, and some can even go up to 460vac. putting a 12vdc battery to it charges the cap slowly... but it gives it enough to create a magnetic field for the inductance to energize the cap to its full potential. I am wondering if he ever figured it out.
To excite the generator plug in a corded drill and turn the chuck using a cordless drill with a large drill bit between the 2 drills. Turn on the cordless drill turning corded drill clockwise.
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oh my god, use a waterlock for the exhaust, install a thick heavy steel plate under the foundation to prevent vibrations, provide fresh air, every degree warmer is 2 degrees more on exhaust temperature and engine water. check the cinus of the dynamo and output voltage, save up for a good generator, you will enjoy it much more, for example panda, masse, mastervolt, etc.
"check the sinus of the dynamo and output voltage" This. A "pure sine wave" generator is a must. So many stories of electric equipment failure due to low quality generators.
9:21 and you could also use it to heat hot water and underfloor heating by adding a super insulated bulk water tank under the deck. A closed cooling loop is better than using raw water to cool the engine anyway.
I am not sure it will work, but if you still have the other generator, keep the generator component in case the one on your generator does not come back to life and see if you can use it with the new generator motor.
the brushes in the generator may need to be cleaned or replaced. You could also clean the stator while your at it. check all your wiring connections for issues. check switches for proper operation/connections.
As you have installed the generator, make sure you install new anodes to the hull. MAKING SURE they are the same exact composition, if you mix suppliers, you will find that one set or the other will be eaten up, by electrolysis, then the outboard engine lower units. Get a silver/silver chloride reference electrode to make sure you haven't created a battery out of your boat.
I had a generator that sat for a while and I was told to do the same thing with a drill to excite it back to life. But it didn't work. I ended up getting a new voltage regulator. Still runs fine. Just make sure when you shut down the generator you turn off the power draw first. Great videos and thanks. Good luck, stay safe.
I believe your exhaust hose should be below the exhaust outlet so water does not backup into the engine when you shutdown. Water will fill that hose in the loop.
Yeah you have to do the backwards drill trick. Plug a drill into your generator, connect a "bit" to the drill. Connect another drill to the same "bit" and power that drill from grid or battery power. Pull both triggers for a moment with your generator running. Done.
Honestly, when the first generator was installed, I was thinking about the cooling and how warm the area under the barge would get if the engine would cool itself just with the surrounding air - but then forgot about it, because I thought this surely would have been thought through. An annoying mistake, ngl., but sometimes they happen.
I assume that's an aluminum hull. Gotta love it. You're an excellent mechanic. Lots of room to service the generator. I think you need to pull the generator section and get it on the workbench.
Don’t throw the old generator away. The motor may not be any good but the generator is fine. It may be possible that you’ll need it in the future and it doesn’t take up much room if you stored below decks. Put a load on the water cooled gen. If ya still don’t have power, then break out the voltage meter an look for voltage across any two lines immediately after the generator and before any thing else just to see if you ARE Generating any electricity. If the generator is working whatsoever, you will have electricity coming off the turbine/generator. If you don’t have any electricity coming off of the generator, it’s either the stater (The spinning thing in the middle🙂) is worn out/burned OR the brushes are not picking up the power. Because let’s face it, The basics, if you spin a piece of metal surrounded by magnets wrapped with copper wire, you will generate electricity. Getting the electricity to/at the correct voltage and where you need it to be is the tricky part.
After many years off being off grid with solar cells and back up generators I found that the generator had a brush assembly the brushes themselves may be worn not making proper contact and need replacement also they have small springs behind them pressing them against the armature. they may be weak, but that and the capcitors are the most typically issues. Sometime the armature is worn out of round causing one or both of the brushes to stick in the assembly or prematurely wear out. There is also in some models a device that is operated by a solenoid that once the generator is up to speed it engages the brush assembly and disconnects it when the generator dips below the right RPM. That solenoid could also be the problem.
So enjoy your episodes and your reasoning for doing things - I believe you use a lot common sense which seems to be in short supply in our day and age.
You can build a box with acoustic foam on the inside to bring down the noise level. Being water cooled with outside water temperature will not be an issue and you will be shocked on how much noise it will cancel if you do it right.
Put the generator off the aircooled onto the water cooled. It should be the engine that is dead, not the generator. Unless it is the generator and not the engine, in which case the engine would be worth some money
I used a grinder to exite the generator. Just plug in the grinder. Turn on the grinder. Then run the disk up and down on the deck and suddenly the grinder will run. Good luck. I did it my self so I know it works
Depends on the brand... "Cheaper" stuff don't have that many protections built in. Neither are they ment to run for an extended period. There is a reason a "weak" Honda still costs 3000€. It is the good shit.
Dude I would have used metal to secure the generator to the boat. If you wanted to use wood use treated dry wood so it won't rot. Good luck on your journey.😊
While sorting generator you might want to take the time to treat all that wood in the bilge. It is going to rot rather quickly in that environment. It takes X amount of time to do it right at install and X x 3 to fix it.
had a similar issue of no power generation with a "used" portable generator. i replaced the Capacitors (cheap €7 each) i then checked the resistance of the windings and found one was intermittent the repair was to unwrap the winding and i found that a wire was broken 5 cm from the end of the windings some wire wool, solder and heat shrink fixed the issue
I am looking for the vid of you finishing your floor. I REALLY hope you added a ton more of those supports under the top plates, because if you didn't, it will be more like a small bouncy castle than a floor. I also hope there was insulation put in? Please say YES...
Sorry for all the trouble you had. But everything you do is incredible to me. Just my uneducated thought on exciting the generator, maybe a larger appliance will do the job. Such as a welder? Thank you for the update! I hope someone can help.
Hi, I would take it back to the manufacturer and tell them it’s a piece of junk did what you did because they told you to there must be some kind of warranty with it. Anyway keep up the good work
If it's been sitting for a long time check the armature and the brushes on the end cap of the stator stator could have some corrosion or your brushes are worn out E
Did you think about using the scrap generator unit from the generator removed , in this way you could solve to issues, the not working water cooled generator and the New generators has the most stable and friendly wave with electronic things
Boats are an endless struggle...😂. With a water cooled engine that is not a closed system coolant cannot be used. What safeguards for freezing temperatures are in place to protect the engine from cracking due to the expansion of water when transformed into ice?
I've ran a large generator off a diesel tractor and the rpm of the tractor motor was around 3200 rpm to keep the generator operating at 60hz. I think in Europe they operate at 50hz.
I didn't understand your assembly. Why are you using an electric pump for raw water in addition of the raw water pump with an impeler ? Also, you didn't need to cut under the engine for the draining plug since you can service the engine with the integrated oil pump :). Anyway, you loose some weight :). For the generator, you should try to adapt the generating unit of the other toasted generator. Only the "core engine" should be toasted.
Hast Du schon mal drüber nachgedacht, den Generator aus dem KS an den blauen Motor zu hängen? Der blaue Generator sieht mir nach einem alten Bosch Generator aus und wenn da das Kondensatorsetup nicht passt, kannst Du zwar eine Flex bedienen, aber Du bekommst Issues mit Elektronischen Geräten…
After you had the air cooled generator removed and on land again you said that all it was good for was the junkyard ?????????. I sincerely hope you were joking about that!!!!! I would imagine that it would be an easy item to sell and definitely NOT junkyard material.
Seems to me like you did nothin wrong. You followed the instructions given to you by the manufacturer or his representative. So which of those kream betweens said it was your fault? Nice goin m8, doin well.
