Album:Electrical System:Generator

I bought a custom 10kW genset from Wrico in Oregon. They make good and quiet gensets with 1800RPM heads and liquid cooled Kubota engines.

I decided to build the super-quiet doghouse for the genset, it's going to be completely enclosed with sound deadening plywood and sound insulating foam, rubber foot isolators and an baffled air intake and separate air exhaust with a remote radiator and muffler. Supposedly this should make it near impossible to hear - the doghouse isn't complete and it's already fairly quiet.

I'll be putting up the full plans soon, it actually fits quite snug using exactly the space of one side of the cargo bay and the space under the center channel. The other side of the bay is just what I needed for my massive battery bank.

Still left to do: Finish sound insulation and installation of genset box.

The box in it's
pre-attached state (minus roof)
Behind the genset box
goes the air intake and air exhaust, plus the starter battery
The floor in the bay,
with the hole cut for the squirrel fan
And the air intake hole
also cut, with me sneaking in.
The genset box
partially installed, showing air intake (left) and air exhaust/radiator mount (right)
After many days of labor,
Haley takes a break.
The genset in the bus,
with the first sheet of soundproofing on the back wall.
I start welding
onto the flex exhaust pipe.
Haley demonstrates
the exhaust plumbing (minus muffler)
The muffler
welded and mounted.
Stealth muffler,
with the cargo bay door closed.
Genset
with muffler, radiator, fuel hose and some initial wiring - it runs!
The back side,
showing squirrel cage fan/radiator exhaust and air intake (with fan wiring and starter battery hidden to right.
All Material © 2006, David Ljung Madison
Photo album generated by album tool a Marginal Hack by David Ljung on Wed Oct 25 03:33:56 2006