Home Built Portable Power Generator

This Generator has 12 Volts supplied to a pure Sine-wave Inverter. The batteries can be charged by either the solar panels or by alternators driven by a 4 HP 2-stroke engine. It makes a great backup power source in times of power outages & it was able to power a camp site for a week when I went camping.

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• Generator
• Solar power
• camping
• Electric power
• Energy

[Hunwick9]

Yes the Alternators are from commodores. The reason i have 2 of them is for redundancy reasons. I only switch on one or the other at a time. The multi rib pulleys are from power steering pumps. The one on the engine has the original Victa tapered bush machined & pressed into it. The current single cylinder engine does struggle with the load they produce. For more info watch the smart scarecrow show in my favorites section. Good luck with your project.

[glumpy10]

I'm Guessing the alternators are Commodore 90? Amp? Why are you using 2? I don't think the engine would produce full output with one alt would it?

Also, can you give me some more info on the drive pulley on the engine? Is this custom machined to suit the taper on the end of the Victa crank and what was it originally?

I'd like to use a serpenting belt for a similar setup on my chinese Diesel Generators but don't know what to ask for or where to get them.

Keen to see the update on the twin.

[vincy12345]

excellent work hunwick9 good luck with your future work very inspiring mate

[khoham]

you lost me at 3 stroke engine