2MW Generator Crank (October 12, 2006)

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Brand new 2MW Cat Generator for the main hospital at my former workplace. We had a contractor in doing the FIRST annual PM work on this machine. When he went to start it, we discovered that Cat's design to place the fuel filter on top of the machine mounted horizontally was a bad idea, and there is no way to prime the fuel system. Poorly designed, if you ask me! Just watch...

For anyone concerned, this was the first start on this engine after it's first annual PM. This is *NOT* the main backup for the hospital, it's a secondary backup to a set of 3x 1.75MW generators in another room, which serve as the main backup for the building. This generator was not even 'on-line' as part of the system yet, as this generator had not yet been commissioned.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Cat
• Caterpillar
• 3516
• MW
• Megawatt
• 2000
• Watt
• diesel
• electric
• electrical
• generator
• engine
• crank
• start
• purge
• fuel
• problem
• air
• lines
• energy
• power

[bob3006]

Skip to 3:39 to see it actually start. Save 3 minutes of your life.

[W7ENK]

@bob3006 That's all well and good, but the point of this video is the multiple failed starts, or the repeated cranking, hence the word "crank" in the title!?

Thank you for wasting 3 minutes of your life by watching the beginning of my video, and for wasting another 1 minute bitching about it. I really appreciate that, and I will treasure your 4 wasted minutes forever! Or about 7 seconds after I press [Post], whichever comes first.

No promises, though. ;)

[fobosq3]

how much HP????????

[W7ENK]

@fobosq3 About 2,600 I do believe.

[pashok200]

Мда....заводится хреново...в россии зимой вообще бы не завели.

[W7ENK]

@pashok200 Whoa! o_O

[piermechanic38365]

@Ruffmin92 YEP its a 3516 caterpillar..... i tore one down at work today..... along with a 12 cyl

[Ruffmin92]

Is it a 16 piston generator?

[Drafty01]

@W7ENK That's right, it's a 3516! I have a 3512 in my head at the moment... One of our client's gensets - I work for the New Zealand CAT dealer BTW.

[dshmechanic]

Nice and neat installation. We used the ladder rack too for organizing the wiring (350 MCM for our gen set) and it really tidys things up. By the way, the guy at the end hovering over the running engine is either deaf, or will be if he doesn't wear some ear protection. These things are LOUD! 

[vacuumboy69]

lol the generator is like i dont whant to go to worck today give me 15 more minets lol

[W7ENK]

@Drafty01 the other *15 of them. ;)

[Drafty01]

@W7ENK Damn near flattened them too with all that cranking. Takes about 1300 CCA for these to start. sounds like one cylinder fires way before the other 11. START DAMN YOU!!!

[HeLLaVision]

PPE e.g. ear protection