[Vwdiesel] Genset RPM and Diesels

[Roger Brown]

LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
>   Why would you want a variable speed transmission?  Seems to me 
> you'd want to run at peak torque and keep[ the engine at that speed.  
> The engine puts out the most power for fuel at that point.  Perhaps 
> running a bit above it would be best so that when the load increases 
> and the governor kicks in, it's at peak torque for maintaining/recovering 
> speed.  I was going to look up where the peak torque is on the 1.5 but 
> I can't seem to find my copy of the SAE paper with the graph on it. 
> 
>   So did the arc welder exceed the capacity of the generator at 
> that speed or was the engine unable to maintain speed with 
> that load?

All the 1.5 and 1.6 engines peak around 2500:
	http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/index.shtml#EngineSpecs

-- 
    Roger