Ballarat swap meet generator
 

Not sure where to put this. Found at Ballarat swap meet Victoria Australia last weekend. Not sure what its purpose was search light power unit . camp genie maybe someone knows. No I didnt buy it.

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Did you get a chance to read what the guages were for? If for D.C. current, quite likely a search light unit (can't see what is behind the stand). I've also seen Air Raid sirens powered by Ford flatheads, although they were on a rotating turntable with the siren.

Generator
 

I currently have one of those in my workshop, 2.2KVA with a DC exciter. I have never been able to find an exact mach in any of the standard reference books but I'm sure it was for either search light or mobile workshop use. I used to have half shares in the unit it came via a clearance sale of a wood yard that was closing down.
It now belongs to Steve Stone OCMPG member with C30 11

Pete

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Are you quite sure of the rated output: 2.2Kva? That's not much for a V8 prime mover, let's do the math:
85 HP X 746 watts/HP X 80% eff. (just to be conservative, got to allow for mechanical losses, hysteresis, windage, and inductive reactance) = 50Kw. for a generator. If it's three phase alternator you multiply that by root 3 to get even higher output.

Re: Ballarat swap meet generator
 

Hmmm...Ballarat...

Graeme: Is the United States Hotel still located on the Ballarat Main Road?

Does the Ballarat Times still publish?

It's output is 18KVa. I've got one of these and the manuals to go with it. If you didn't buy it, how much was the seller asking?

Price
 

He had a very optimistic IMHO price of $1500 on it.