Steel Soldiers now has a few new forums, read more about it at: New Munitions Forums!
Microsoft MSN, Live, Hotmail, Outlook email users may not be receiving emails. We are working to resolve this issue. Please add support@steelsoldiers.com to your trusted contacts.
I don't have one... YET! I have the plans for one here somewhere... always wanted to try it out, and see how well it works. I have often thought it would be good for a worst case scenario running a generator.
The turbine drinks almost the same at no load as it does at full load, but yes, unless you have a huge battery bank, they would probably boil off (best case), or explode (worst case) the batteries. I have mine setup with a pretty big load bank (40 gallon Water heater with 24 volt heating...
I had thought about the turbine too, but man do they suck down some fuel! Think about that before you go the route. I think the one I was looking at drank like 8.5 gallons an hour, if memory serves.
On GL, I got a 28v 4.2 KW gasoline genset. It had 7 hours on it. The only thing I had to do was add oil and fuel to start it. I did take off the valve covers and prelube it, as I had no idea how long it had been sitting before I got the unit. IT started on the second pull. It is now charging a...
Some really great pictures on here, Thank you to ALL who shared, and those that will in the days to come. Glad to see there were not too many casualties there! A special shout out to all of those who made this possible! AWESOME WORK!
You really don't want it to go behind the axle, that would cause the trailer to flip up the front of the dolly. Might want to put some sort of stop to keep it from going back behind the axle.
John, be careful of using full synthetic on an engine that is already broken in, the seals and such will actually shrink after switching from regular to synthetic. I found out after running full sythetic in my truck. It took a while to figure out why I had all the leaks suddenly, after switching...
At this point it may be the easiest way to do it. Keep in mind the cheap ac inverters are all modified sign wave, but it probably wont make a whole lot of difference with what you are doing. Home depot probably has a cheap one for like $20
You really should try to regulate the power to 12 volts before you hook this up. There are plenty of places you can get a regulator for 12 volts, check out any of the car pc type sites. I would ahte to see you fry a good pair of speakers for no reason.
Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website like our supporting vendors. Their ads help keep Steel Soldiers going. Please consider disabling your ad blockers for the site. Thanks!