Yes, and my Northern Lights 8KW genset that the seller touts as "World Class Generating Sets" is also of the same crude design. I made many modifications to it before I considered it worthwhile having on my boat.
Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek FL 30 07.72N 081 38.4W > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: badornato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; TWL2: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 1/3/2008 11:16:52 PM > Subject: (T&T: & TWL2:) Re: onan 8kw gen monitoring > > > All the Onans I've had already have a shut down system for oil pressure and > temperature so they are self protecting to that extent. It is a crude > system since it doesn't identify the reason for shutdown but it works. > > Regards, > > Ann-Marie Foster, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "badornato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:49 PM > Subject: T&T: onan 8kw gen monitoring > > > > what would be the minimum monitoring for an 8kw onan gen on my KK42? > > > > it runs great but if i lost a belt or raw water flow i wouldnt know it > > till > > it froze up. should i run a temp sensor up to the pilothouse as a minimum > > precaution? is there an audible alarm that i could just stick on it down > > there in the engine room? > > > > -- > > bruce adornato > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
