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Topic: Pincor pto generator anyone?
Posted By: Hunt4Allis
Subject: Pincor pto generator anyone?
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 4:22pm
Anyone know much about these pto driven generator from pinCor? I'm hoping to run off my ac,ca or d-17(540 pto)it's a 30kw that I need to run 5 freezers full of beef,220v well pump( I mostly need to make sure it supplies clean enough power so I don't have issues with generator ruining our freezers fridge...
I also would need to know could I run the CA at 3/4 throttle and still get 540 PTO speed?



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Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 6:08pm
I had a good neighbor that had a 4000 watt v-belt driven Pincor. 
I have one that looks like a Pincor but has a Montgomery Wards plate on it. 


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Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 6:11pm
I have a 25KW generator that I can run my entire house with, even in the summer with the central A/C going. I generally use the D10 and go by the HZ meter and run it up to about 65HZ and then as the load changes is stays give or take on 60HZ. The D10 does the same job on much less gas than the D15II does. 

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Posted By: im4racin
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 6:15pm
A ca will be a little light!  My reasonable condition wd will run a 12kw at full load at rated speed but 15 was too much.


Posted By: Hunt4Allis
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 6:26pm
Ok, I haven't bought it yet.
Also have a d17 I could use to run this pinCor...

I'm torn between a 10KW standalone 20 horsepower generator and taking a gamble on an older one like this pincor unit...
I only am comparing those two because they're about the same cost as of now.
I know they're too completely different ability generators but the standalone unit would be a welder also...
This pincor unit does not have hertz meter just voltage.


Posted By: Hunt4Allis
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 6:29pm
It would be nice to have extra amperage output because we raise our own beef and I currently have five freezers full of beef and I hate the idea of not having a way to protect my investment


Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 6:33pm
there are about 750 watts per HP............. 30,000 / 750 = 40 HP.

Thats if you want FULL 30 KW of power..  I cant see the name plate, but that is well over 100 amps output at 240 v....... I would think each freezer might be 10 amps... so 50 amps total... and another 15 amps for the well............ so 65 amps total.

240v x 65 amps  = 16 KW   ............ you should be OK... You wont be at full output load... But you do need to be at 540 pto rpm to keep the FREQUENCY above 60 hz.


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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 6:37pm
i doubt all 5 freezers have to run at the same time... but to make sure you dont overload a small generator, you can run 2 of them for an hour, then run the other 3 for an hour, then switch back... etc.

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Posted By: Hunt4Allis
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 6:47pm
Okay so most likely I'm looking at only being able to run it with the D17 reliably, but possibly with the CA if I selectively turn things on and off if I had to...


Posted By: Hunt4Allis
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 6:49pm
I am pretty sure that I burnt up a six thousand watt generator because I overloaded it and this would be well above what we would ever need so I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience with pincor generators of this type?


Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 6:57pm
I dont, but them "old time generators" were pretty tough.. As you said, the signal is not CLEAN , so dont try to run a computer or plasma cutter... But drills, saws, all motors, lights............. anything from the 1960's  design should run fine.

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Posted By: Hunt4Allis
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 7:00pm
Well some of our freezers are probably from the '90s


Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 7:11pm
yea.... but no circuit board / computer / digital lights... etc.... I would guess they are as dumb as a 1960 unit ? .......... just a motor and a pump.


that is one thing to remember.. NEWER Generators have CLEAN signals ( normally )... I had a 6000 watt BRIGGS powered unit i bought in 1990.. Runs great, but not with the Plasma cutter or computer............ Bought a new Harbor Freight 8000 watt unit 3 years ago and it works on everything ( clean) ........ also that little Chink motor and carburetor pull start a LOT QUICKER than the Briggs... after setting 4 months.


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Posted By: Hunt4Allis
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 7:51pm
Yeah I wish I knew the age of this pincor?
Something tells me it's not that old but I'm not sure...
I'm sure it would be okay with our deep freezers but I have an outdoor wood boiler stove that has circuit board in it so I wonder if it would be okay with that, probably a little chansey?


Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 8:05pm
YEP.... most circuit boards drop the voltage down with a transformer and they look for a VERY CLEAN SIGNAL..... anything with a standard MOTOR is normally fine.

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Posted By: Hunt4Allis
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 9:07pm
If you were going to buy it what and how would you test it other than voltage? I know load testing would be the best but I don't know if that's feasible.


Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 9:57pm
I test my unit every 4 months by plugging a large skill saw into it and running.. It draws 13 amps on 120v ........ If you had a small air compressor or  2-3 HP motor that you could easily transport, thats about the best you can do for a test.... especially if it is 240v.

see if it will run 2-3 skill saws at the same time ??? portable air cond unit ??


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Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2021 at 10:41pm
Google Pincor with your model number and you can print your own manual. 

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Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2021 at 4:48am
There is an alternative.  Build yourself a cold room with heavily insulated walls.  Cool it with an air conditioner, controlled with a Cool-Bot kit.  Then you are only running 1 AC unit, and you can use a smaller genset...Wink

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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2021 at 8:29am
Dave.... my son did that. Has an 8 x 8 bathroom in the "SHOP" . During the winter that is where he hangs a deer or two to process.. Bought a big window air conditioner and modified with the "controller" and it keeps the room about 32 degrees for a couple weeks..

gets things COLD.... but not frozen..


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Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2021 at 11:45am
The acid test for output performance of ANY generator is a RESISTIVE load... an electric heater.

A guy can easily MAKE a resistive load network by gathering up a bunch of 1200w heaters.  FIVE of them is 6,000w.

Get a volt meter, a frequency meter, and if you have access, an oscilloscope.

start the generator, get it warmed up, and start adding heaters.  The generator's initial frequency will be around 61-62hz, and your output voltage should be in the high side of an expected range (110-125v or 220-250v).  As you add load, the voltage will come down slightly, the frequency will come down slightly, and the throttle will start to open.

The range between no load, and the point where the frequency drops AND the throttle responds, is called DROOP.

Once you've reached DROOP point, the voltage and frequency should NOT drop much further with added load, until you're out of throttle.

Along this entire range, the output waveform should be sinusoidal, with very little in terms of ripple or spikes.  That's a smooth form, that doesn't look 'fuzzy'.

I'll politely differ from Steve's assertion that older generators are 'noisyier' than newer.  With exception of my portables and welder-generators, ALL my 'real' generators are much older than I am, and they're all dead-on beautiful... but they also have had proper maintenance- the exciter brushes are clean and free-moving, the bypass capacitors are all fresh, and high-quality.  This is really the only thing that will introduce 'noise' into a generator, and it is frequently the least maintained element of the system.

Small units that do NOT have a dedicated exciter, do not have brushes, which gives them a small advantage in that respect, however, they're extremely limited in their ability to self-reguate, and generate wimpy output and poor transient load response, so you get what you pay for.

Air-cooled portable generators are good when you need portability.  Likewise, PTO generators are great when you need to bring a LOT of power to an otherwise inaccessable area (across a muddy field, or through deep snow), because they're usually hanging on the 3-point or tongue of a tractor. 

Portables are generally weak, and being air-cooled, they are louder, and do not have the service life of a liquid-cooled unit.  This is a natural consequence of portability.

PTO generators are frequently poorly maintained because they have to be very substantially closed-in in order to prevent the ingress of dirt... they're always outside, or sitting in a dusty shed.

Air-cooled units tend to accumulate beechnuts, walnuts, straw, and bits of chewed up cloth, loss of wire insulation, as well as substantial urine-corrosion of sensitive components due to the myriad of lovely places that rodents can invade.  When you need that air-cooled generator the MOST, sit in the cold, under candlelight, and take the shroud off the flywheel and dig out the mess, then clean it all out before attempting to fire it up.

The PTO equivalent very well may be equipped with heavy hardware-cloth screen layers to reject rodential residence... but mud-daubers often move in, so be careful with that too... mud-clods aren't made of flint, but they do disservice to a generator head when they start racing around the end-bells as they're battered into powder.

Air cooled portable and semi-portable units have simple governors, and they're NOT going to be very 'tight' in regulating frequency.  PTO units rely on the tractor as their prime-mover, and tractor governors are NOT as sensitive to load change as a synchronous generator SHOULD be.

If you want a reliable backup system, START by doing a proper survey of your NECESSARY loads.  Put a Kill-A-Watt meter on your freezers, and measure what they actually DRAW, and then get an idea of how often they actually RUN.
(You can unplug a freezer for a WEEK, and the contents will still be frozen...  )

Add up all your critical loads, multiply that by two, and get a generator of about-that-capacity.  Look for a liquid-cooled Kohler, or an Onan JB genset, from the '40s to 70's vintage.  Make a small shed into which you can run propane or natural gas, put lights in it, add an exhaust outlet and ventilation that mice cannot get through.  Keep spare parts, tools, and extra oil and coolant mix on hand, as well as battery-powered overhead lighting and more-than-one starting battery.

You can use a transfer switch, or a 'transfer panel', so that your generator is isolated from incoming mains, AND so that your emergency loads, and occasional convenience loads are the only thing applied as load when you have an outage.


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