Originally Posted by
Ontario Ian
I had gas engines, got away from them because of the problems. I run generators now with electric motors, 10 000 watt is lots for a 5hp motor. gas motor has a lot of vibration, you will have to beef up reclaimer so it doesnt crack
Besides needing to refuel 2x a day, what other issues did you have. I ran this pump on a 6.5 Honda for 4 seasons with no issues and the Alamo 30 I'm replacing has run 9 seasons on a 6.5 Honda too. At those 2 locations I only had 1 issue. The reclaimer on the bigger one, rather than just having a flapper on it, it came with a 1.5" nipple, then an elbow then a 12" nipple, all in galvanized. That was too much weight and in a third season the weight of all that finally broke the welds, I had to repair it and I then changed it to the proper flapper exhaust. I had no other issues. What were your issues?
If it makes a difference, on both units I made a pivot mount for the gas engines, the weight of the engine held the belt tight. In each case the engine has held about 1" off the platform with the belts in place on the side away from the pump. The 30 had one belt and the 75-100 has 2. That may have reduced vibration to the reclaimer.
Dave Klish, I recently bought a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
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