solar panel for charge car battery in woods

I like this idea, as ive thought of something similar that you might could answer for me. I was thinking of hooking up an alternator to an old Hit and Miss motor. Their fuel consumption is very low , and can be quieted ( I think ) a little easier than a normal gas engine. but with the H&M motor, it won't turn at a constant speed , will this drastically efect charging rate , or hurt the alternator by the rise and fall of the rpm's of the motor . Thanks for any help on this.

 

As long as the H&M has enough horsepower it will work. I ran mine with a belt around the flywheel that was about 20" in diameter to the stock alternator pulley, and used a 1 wire GM alternator. The regulator kept the voltage dead on 13.6 vdc. An H&M motor won't miss as much as it hits when you load it down. I think mine was 9 horsepower and hooking up a battery and some lights to it used to bog it down pretty good until the charge came up in the battery. All this was before I wised up and went diesel....

 

Thank you for the info. I was mainly looking at mostly just being able to run a few lights and low voltage consumption appliances. I have looked into a few old military diesel gensets ,, but at the moment do not have the setups to be storing diesel fuel. But that might possibly change soon. Thanks again.

 

Yanmar makes a good single-cylinder engine diesel engine, I have one that direct-drives a 6500 wat gen effortlessly.

 

Probably shouldn't reveal my source, but equipment auctions for used light plants yields some deals on (mostly) 6.5kw diesel gensets.

 

Thanks for this info ,, im not experienced in electrical stuff and was wondering what it would take to run a small house ,, would 6.5kw do it ?

 

That would be my peak load times ,, clothes washing,, drying, if its to cold to dry outside. And running compressors and , Table saws , chop saw , planers and welders , grinders in the shop.
I know this is a wild guess as you have different options, but what is a good ballpark price for a genset of that size ??? Thanks all .

 

If you want enough to handle all that, you're probably looking at 20kw or more. Here is one on eBay:

KUBOTA 20 KW DIESEL GENERATOR | eBay

 

@toolbelt99

This thread has gone from charging a battery in the woods to a full blown generator setup to run a complete shop. What is it you really want, and maybe more to the point, on line research will help you figure it all out. Not ONE monkey will fail to help you with focused questions, but geez this thread is all over the map.

 

Yes sir ,, you're righ . And my apologies to Toolbelt99 for derailing your post here. Ive just been working in this area im in for a little over a year now ,, and have enough work to last another year and a half at least. So ive been looking at buying some land and setting up shop. Ive found some cheap land , but its at least a 1/2 mile from the closest power pole, which is why i may be needing these power options,, my power usage won't be running all of that stuff at the same time,, I've found a 1/2 acre that i can get ,,, cheap,,,, but the power issue is my 1'st dilemma at the moment.. anyway,, sorry Toolbelt ,, im out ,, for now ,, thanks guys .

 

Holy crap ,, thats just a couple hours north of me now ,,, time for me to $hit or get off the pot ,, let me get to doing some homework ,, quick,,,, thanks TnAndy..