Post by sweepleader on Mar 5, 2017 18:38:41 GMT -5
This is an XLA-115/1/400-1P Generator that I bought a couple years ago.
I had a wanted ad up for any SXL looking Homelite equipment and a guy called with this "military generator...". He said it had belonged to a relative who died and he bought it from the wife after prying the case open. I don't know if it was stuck by time or air pressure, it has a vent screw for air transport.
The gen rotor was loose and no run when I got it. I put a key in the shaft and tightened the retaining nut to fix the rotor. The hoses were bad so I replaced them and added a dip tube so it will suck fuel from an aux tank when the fuel valve is switched from on board to aux. I put gas in it to make it run.
The magnetic gen rotor is external to the windings and spins unguarded.
It has a governor to hold the speed at 400Hz, at 4000 rpm. The governor is adjustable for Hz and is mechanically controlled off the engine shaft. The outside linkage is shown in the photos below.
The manual says is weighs 22.5 lbs, the case 7lbs. There are supposed to be some spares with it but I don't have those. I don't know if they are included in the weight.
Read more: houseofhomelite.proboards.com/thread/5455/military-generator#ixzz4aUz3wvQ7
Here are some pictures:
Housing, note the vent screw to allow for altitude changes and the offset handle to balance the load.
Name plate on the housing.
Carry handle of the unit is also offset. You can see the aux fuel line and change over valve, I have the aux line wrapped up in an electrical tape box. The fuel tank is the old wick type.
I don't want to have to try to find a replacement plug for this machine.
Tag on the starter housing.
Some of the governor linkage on the left side of the carb, more connected to the right side and linked into the space between the engine and the generator, unlike my explanation in the other thread noted above.
This is the fine tuning part of the governor linkage. It is internal between the gen and engine and moves a cam to rotate the external linkage, there is no air vane.
Inspection document indicating it was working on 24March1990, attested to by SSG John S. Young (?) Anyone know the meaning of the organization notation on this document?
I have a copy in pdf of the 114 page TM 5-6115-405-15 Department of the Army Technical Manual. If you need one, message me.
I had a wanted ad up for any SXL looking Homelite equipment and a guy called with this "military generator...". He said it had belonged to a relative who died and he bought it from the wife after prying the case open. I don't know if it was stuck by time or air pressure, it has a vent screw for air transport.
The gen rotor was loose and no run when I got it. I put a key in the shaft and tightened the retaining nut to fix the rotor. The hoses were bad so I replaced them and added a dip tube so it will suck fuel from an aux tank when the fuel valve is switched from on board to aux. I put gas in it to make it run.
The magnetic gen rotor is external to the windings and spins unguarded.
It has a governor to hold the speed at 400Hz, at 4000 rpm. The governor is adjustable for Hz and is mechanically controlled off the engine shaft. The outside linkage is shown in the photos below.
The manual says is weighs 22.5 lbs, the case 7lbs. There are supposed to be some spares with it but I don't have those. I don't know if they are included in the weight.
Read more: houseofhomelite.proboards.com/thread/5455/military-generator#ixzz4aUz3wvQ7
Here are some pictures:
Housing, note the vent screw to allow for altitude changes and the offset handle to balance the load.
Name plate on the housing.
Carry handle of the unit is also offset. You can see the aux fuel line and change over valve, I have the aux line wrapped up in an electrical tape box. The fuel tank is the old wick type.
I don't want to have to try to find a replacement plug for this machine.
Tag on the starter housing.
Some of the governor linkage on the left side of the carb, more connected to the right side and linked into the space between the engine and the generator, unlike my explanation in the other thread noted above.
This is the fine tuning part of the governor linkage. It is internal between the gen and engine and moves a cam to rotate the external linkage, there is no air vane.
Inspection document indicating it was working on 24March1990, attested to by SSG John S. Young (?) Anyone know the meaning of the organization notation on this document?
I have a copy in pdf of the 114 page TM 5-6115-405-15 Department of the Army Technical Manual. If you need one, message me.
