Hydraulic Generators
I notice that the newest high end Earthroamer has a hydraulic generator on board. I know that Earthroamer likes to talk about their vehicles not having onboard stand-alone generators. So I wonder ...
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All of Quicksilver is a 24 volt system. Chassis and coach.
And I am out of pulley room for the crankshaft. About 7/8" to a major crossmember.
If I wanted to have a 12-volt alternator too I would be out-of-bullets.
I would have to install a hydraulic pump and run it off the Fuller transmission.
Which would allow me to place the new alternator anywhere within reason in the engine bay.
Top drawer hydraulic systems are EXpensive! A quality pump with magnetic clutch alone costs in excess of $1500
And hydraulic motors do not like to spin at 5K RPM
So an 8-9/16" frame low-speed alternator would be de riguer. Two thousand for that puppy. Then there is the motor. And #10 double braid hoses.
Sooner or later it's going to start dripping hydraulic fluid.
Even if someone else was footing the bill it would take a lot of fast talking to get me interested in a hydraulic driven alternator.
Thirty seven years ago I spent $12000 building a 10HP hydraulic alternator test bench. Fifteen years later it started dripping.
No thanks
And I am out of pulley room for the crankshaft. About 7/8" to a major crossmember.
If I wanted to have a 12-volt alternator too I would be out-of-bullets.
I would have to install a hydraulic pump and run it off the Fuller transmission.
Which would allow me to place the new alternator anywhere within reason in the engine bay.
Top drawer hydraulic systems are EXpensive! A quality pump with magnetic clutch alone costs in excess of $1500
And hydraulic motors do not like to spin at 5K RPM
So an 8-9/16" frame low-speed alternator would be de riguer. Two thousand for that puppy. Then there is the motor. And #10 double braid hoses.
Sooner or later it's going to start dripping hydraulic fluid.
Even if someone else was footing the bill it would take a lot of fast talking to get me interested in a hydraulic driven alternator.
Thirty seven years ago I spent $12000 building a 10HP hydraulic alternator test bench. Fifteen years later it started dripping.
No thanks
