Abandoned Generator Startup
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2020
- Two years ago, my dad closed his greenhouse business and retired, leaving a few things behind. This massive generator was one of them. No one has done anything with the property in the last two years, so here this thing sits unused, until now!
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I’m surprised you haven’t taken this thing back home incase your block looses power. You would be a hero.
FishFind3000 funny you mention that because I’m considering buying it and mounting it to a trailer...
@@DanielJaegerFilms worst case its a backup gen set for the rv
@@DanielJaegerFilms why would you need to buy it though, does it still belongs to your dad or did he sold it? just curious sorry I don't know much about these kind of stuff and I'm curious
@@DanielJaegerFilms Would be a good idea.
DanielJaegerFilms do it and make some videos!!!
Tip from an ex AAA employee...
When boosting a stone dead battery, leave the boost pack(s) hooked up for 15-30 min before attempting to start.
Great video tho *thumbs up*
Stone dead is one thing bad is another. But yes agree with stone dead but a battery that's been dead for over a year won't take a charge cause it's sulphated beyond repair
Lenny D I was thinking the same thing.
I was watching you back then, when you were playing with that generator. Absolutely crazy.
Seems like just yesterday doesn’t it?
Sometimes it helps to disconnect the dead battery since they act as a load themselves.
Especially when totally dead cells, they go from capacitive to 100% resistive!
Good thing about having a genset in a van if the van battery’s needs a boost swap them over for 5 minutes works a treat👌🏻
Takes all the panels off. "This generator is super loud!"
Those vented panels honestly do little to nothing for SPL.
@@cincybeck probably if you add sound insolation will be better
@@ElAdri1999 Might help a little, but that enclosure wasn't really design for sound dampening. Kohler offers standard weather resistant enclosures and sound dampening enclosures. You usually only find the sound dampening enclosures at residence and hospitals.
why would you want to stop the sound? it sounds awesome.
@@phalanx3803 but you probably will end up mad if you heard that 24/7
That a nice genset. I think the starter packs would have stood a better chance if you had completely disconnected the flat battery, i guess that old battery was just sucking too much juice out of the start packs.
Was my firtst thought exactly
Yeah.
This old battery looks bad.
It sucks up all the juice. Almost as a short.
No wonder the packs did not work.
I saw the zip ties N bias plies reference 😂
Alex Puls MINTY!!! 👌
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You don't need....hehe
Oh this is safe... All the safety.
Wow, I remember the videos of this generator from years ago... can’t believe I’ve been subscribed for so long, it went so quickly. Scary how time flies!
Brings back memories to the videos where you repaired this thing because of a leaky fuel pump and filter, bad block heater and so on.
Wow the old gen !! Sweet great to see her run I still remember back 2009 or 2008 when you first ran it and I was doing the videos on the gen my building was installing at the time. man time flys
I remember your first video! That goes back a few years! You did a demonstration of running the greenhouse off the generator for awhile. It's too bad the place is sitting dormant but that's what happens sometimes. Nice seeing a video there again
Don´t let that generator go dead forgotten. It would be nice move it back to home and have it as a backup
1. Bet it’s 208v 3 phase 2. Massively oversized
@@ironmatic1 It has a 12 lead stator, and can be reconnected for what ever voltage he wants, but yes according to the data tag it is currently wired for 120/208.
@@ironmatic1 If so, than just perform routine maintenance, a new radiator hose, new thermostat, polish it up clean it, and put it on the used market. Then profit $$$.
Agustin Cesar change battery connectors new ones are cheap
David Perry and add a starting fluid injection system and change the battery connectors and maybe a gravity fed fuel tank to help level out the air burping
I haven't watch your videos in years, but this just popped up in my "recommended" section and thought it'd be worth a look. One of the first videos I watched back then was when you were doing a PM on it. My how time does fly by, I didn't even realize your Father retired. Well, best wishes to you and the family!
Jump packs might say 700 amps, but it’s just for a couple of seconds - a real battery will do that for far longer.
yeah like 30 seconds up to a full minute on a fully topped up fresh off the charger good battery
I always find it amusing when people show up with a toy (jumper's kit) and expect to start a big engine with it.
I'm amazed at how many people on You tube are missing there right arm!
or have never heard of a camera gimbal.
Long time subscriber here! I remember the old videos with the generator and the natural gas fueled heaters for the green house I would love to see some vids of the empty green house and old house/shop you used to work out of! Two thumbs up!
i remember that video!!!You even had a rad view of the exhaust pipe when you started it up!!!
11:34 Only 201 hours!?!?
Hubjeep yeah, hardly ever used!!
thats worth a lot of money
@@bigdave6331 To you and me it is (I work on my own stuff and have an early 90's Onan diesel), but someone in a position to need a big unit like that would probably buy a new one. My neighbor got rid of his older 30kw Kohler due to parts availability.
How much is it worth
Isaac Voeller 10k or more
need to replace the hoses on that pig, next time starting up a generator that has been sitting, open up the dog house, had one where a possum was living in it, the owner started it, no more possum and smoked the alternator.
those generators are built like a brick shit house, seen them with over 14000 hours on it before any issues.
on the door, how it says "fast response" it referrers to the voltage regulation system, not how fast it can start.
That's a quality genset. Id love to have it.
elcaminosunlimited we have the same unit on a tug I work on. Great unit. I think my boss paid $17k for it about 10 years ago brand new from the Cummins dealer
Great video. Diesel starting batteries need good clean connections. As you said in the beginning of the video. The starter booster pack was light. That means usually that there is a small battery in it. Voltage drop was too high hence the clicking of the starter solenoid. Nice genset.
This would be my pride and joy if I had one of these beasties at home 😊
Keep this generator for all time to come. Cheers!
YES!!!!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO. THANK YOU!!! You should keep the generator and full load test it
Preserve this generator in running condition for all time to come.
I was there when you first did a video with that generator and stuff. I'm subbed to your channel since before that haha.
Dam that things a beast and great start up video!yeah them cheap start up packs are never that good! That’s awesome how your truck has 2x 12 batteries 💯👍
I can’t believe that’s left alone in a vacant building! You should take that thing home and stick it on a trailer for emergency power loss.
Thanks for sharing” enjoyed this video enough to subscribe buddy 😉👍
👍👍👍👍👍THUMBS UP👍👍👍👍👍
Anthony, United Kingdom
I was installing these in the 90s and it was an expensive set when they were new. The engine will run forever... or until another part fails and gums up the works.
You might want to check your glow plugs and harness. My 2012 TDI would start pretty easily even at -5 degrees freedom.
There are no glow plugs on most standby generators, they use a block heater for cold weather, but those John Deere 4039's are still pretty good starting cold.
@TheOtherWhiteBread0 he is directly referring to his initial statement saying is 2011 TDI had an issue starting that morning. It shouldn't, common rails are tons easier to start then older TDIs. Did you even watch the video?
Wow i’m really impressed with how light this is. *not big enough to turn the motor* me: you don’t say?!?
I have that same Duralast jump box. I got mine in spring of last year. I used it start up my car, which has a 3.8L V6, multiple times. But then winter came and one day, I for I had left my inverter plugged in to the 12v outlet. For whatever reason, this jump pack let me down. I keep it stored indoors all the time and the battery is always topped off. I ended up purchasing the NOCO Genius battery jump pack that same day which was able to start my car without a hitch. Now that Duralast jump box isn't completely useless, the air compressor is awesome and have the ability to plug in 12v and USB for power and charging makes that a mobile power station. But a jump box it is not, especially in the dead of winter. FYI The CCA on the jump box states 700, my car requires 650.
QuadroNVS I use the jump n carry. There build solid. It’s used by commercial roadside repairs and dealerships.
I would take as a backup generator for your house
"never quite reaches 180"...... because it's a 160 to 165F thermostat and under high load it would run a bit hotter, but they run them on lower t-stat's on purpose since it's a fixed RPM and stationary device...
It’s a diesel. They always start
If that were my fathers place I would have that genset at my house if I had to drag it down main street
You should see if you can bring it back towards your house so you can use it as home generator 😂
A really common youtuber mistake (especially with the car guys) is to try and start an engine with a dead battery and a jumper pack. In reality these jumper packs can only supply about 100CCA if you are lucky, whereas your average proper battery will be 400-800 CCA. The proper way to go is to left the jump pack charge the dead battery so that the start can then be supplied from the much higher peak current battery when it's time to start. If the dead battery is too far gone, it's just going to effectively short out the jumper pack and leave even less available current for the start. Thankfully unlike 90% of everyone else, you worked out to go and grab a battery and make sure it was properly connected 👍
Man I haven't seen the greenhouse in a long time I think I remember that video that you made years and years ago on that generator that's crazy
Our TDI 3.0 2012 touareg starts in -30 like a champ. Guess its time for a new battery for you.
I buy and sell used commercial and industrial generators. Kohlers are great machines!
The Excursion always saves the day
A jump starter is not designed to start an engine on its own. It is designed to bring a recently flattened battery back up to a level where it will start the engine. When I say 'recently flattened' I am talking about a situation where you came home and left the headlights on in your car, then came out half an hour later and the battery is down to the point where it won't start the engine. Not a battery in a genset that's been dead for months or years. In addition, I noticed that when you connected the negative clip of the jump pack to the terminal on the battery, it was as loose as hell. There is no way that the jump starter would even be able to try to lift the voltage on that battery with the terminal not being tight.
9.20 to 9.35 how she just smooths out ands sings away beautiful
this is what the school air conditioner sounds like
What happened to the greenhouse business?
That's what I was wondering
Check The Description Its Says Why The Buisness Is Closed
He should rent out the greenhouse so its not going to hell without being used.
Or get into the medical pot business. LMFAO or if it gets legalized and he can get a license to grow it. It would make for great videos and it would get lots of views on videos.
As a generator tech
...this was painful to watch
That is a 3.9L John Deere Saran engine. Made in France. They are great engines.
It's like he pays no mind to the loose terminal... just throws a clamp on top.
Nice. Sad to see the place abandoned. That'd make one hell of a paint booth!!
Ya hopefully it can be put to good use I remember he used to work on the tractor for that garden
The AutoZone jump packs suck. Mine lasted about 9 months just using it on Garden Tractors.
Jump packs work by transferring some charge to the engine's primary battery which they couldn't do because the negative battery cable was so loose. If you don't have a wrench, just grab a rock and hammer the terminal down a little farther on the post to get a better connection. I'll bet the new jump starter - with it's probably 18AH battery - would have worked if that terminal had been tight. The two packs together definitely would have worked had the cable been tight and you let the jumper packs have 5 minutes to charge the original battery - that battery can deliver many more amps than the jumper packs so you need to ensure it's used. I've been doing shadetree mechanic work for almost 60 years now and a covered battery can survive a long time. One of my Group 24 batteries (used for jump starting) is from 2004 and still takes a charge ;-)
You should take that generator home that thing is a beast. You could power the whole block with that.
You should try to revive your dad's Greenhouse business there's so much good and cool stuff in there still. Like the heaters, and the fans. Hurry up before the building gets torn down!
I guess TH-cam knows what I like to watch at 5 AM
The nicest sound on the planet during a power outage.
Deere 4039. Worked on one of those exact generators a little while back
Very nice Gen set. I would be using it. Subbed :)
Scotty, I need power .. Aye, Captain .. we're givin' it all we can. Success .....
very nice old cold start.
what will you do with the generator?
Awesome vid.
you should take the generator to your house lol
Might have checked the air filter before starting, also don't expect it to come up to temp on a cold day and no load
I bought a pallet of those Duralast chargers exactly the same 3 years ago and I gave them away as gifts, I ended up with a few left and none of them still work! Sorry bud them are junk!
all the mouse poop dancing around the base is too much hahahah shop vac anyone?
You need a nice bank of supercaps bro! :)
Electroboom?
@@KingJellyfishII FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!!! lmao
i thought the battery clamps seemed awfully loose but when you hooked the jump pack directly to the starter and it didn't work i wondered but then at the end after holding the clamp tight with the pliers i'm guessing that was the issue
you should keep that generator going and make more videos of it, that's a good generator
Is good to start them time to time.
Good to have this
That first one is a booster pack not a jump starter even thought it says it is a jump starter on it (need to let it charge the battery up for about 5 minuets, I am surprised that battery wasn't shorted out)
Awesome video. Odd question but, do you think your father would be interested in selling those black nursery pots?
subaru cooling system conditioner will fix up that minor coolant leak
Or, just tighten the hose clamp. :)
the good old john deere
At first, that noise was the starter chattering due to low voltage/current from the start setup. Hope you didnt mess the pinion gear up from hitting the flywheel like that. Oh well, if it's not yours, I suppose there's no damage. Great set, hate to see it sitting and wasting away like that. Thanks.
Where in Missouri are you located at? I am in Springfield. Usually doesn't get all that cold in this part of the state, but it's been worse than usual the past few winters. Also, what engine is that on the generator?
That would be my new shop!!!
When a battery gets very discharged & is left there, it cannot take a charge any more & simply becomes a heavy load instead of a reservoir. I would expect a generator with a diesel engine to start with clean fuel even if it has been sitting for a decade or more simply by cranking. Diesel is an oil so it tends to protect the internal items from corrosion. It is a different beast from a gasoline engine...
Looks like you were growing bedding plants?
take it with you man
damn that's one awesome sounding i4 but i like the sound of a i6 more.
That 10/17 sticker on the battery is the manufacturer date. That battery was produced 10/17. Your connections are also extremely use, which can result in a poor connection. That little jump pack is useless for an engine that size.
You should try restoring it and cleaning it so it's nice and good for use!
What part of Missouri are you in?
Is your dad no longer in the plant business
I think the pack would’ve worked if it wasn’t for the terminal. My 7.3 wouldn’t start and would tick like that unless it was tight enough to almost break it. The accessories still came on though.
Also, do you still have that? If so and assuming you’re not gonna use it for something else, would you sell it?
Hey if that place still exists could you maybe do another power up of that generator and try to turn some of the fans on
Swap that into a truck: *EPIC TH-cam video*
Man you should grow some weed there. A great cash crop!
*goes to start*
“Ope”
Does the generator itself still work?
Could power a small village with that thing
Hi there. What age was the old battery? When completely dead they draw a huge amount of power from the donor battery. The little jump starter is good though for jumping batteries that aren't completely dead but just need a little help.
Should you not remove dead battery? Because many forgot dead batterij has also some resistance and will eat some energy away try to charge up again (it acts also little as shortcut). There is less energy left for start motor.
In normal starting scenes, the main battery is NOT dead but has little energy in. Just not enough to start it.
That is why jump starters are small, they still need help of weakened battery to start.
Heavy situations where battery is dead, you need bigger jumpstarter or replace battery. Then it will start.
Would be so nice to have that here in Belton mo
Not sure if it would damage something, but I would disconnect the battery and then jump it. My guess is the battery is drawing a lot of current which is taking away from the starter.
Watched this vid a few years ago, im back again hello
Is the greenhouse operation for sale?
just curious about what engines on the genney? Also it sounds very similar to a Toyota 1HZ starting up. So cool
Pretty sure it's a Deere 6 series maybe a 6090?
@@terry141186I found it. It’s a John Deere 4045 built in 1995
Who owns the property now?