Starlight generator

"Winterizing your diesel engine (s) is a step-by-step process. When you ’ re done, your engine will have clean oil, stabilized fuel and a cooling system that ’ s either completely drained or filled with antifreeze. You will have inspected key components, covered all openings, left big reminder notes and listed all required repairs. Your engine will be ready for spring commissioning with a minimum of hassle. Your diesel marine generator also needs to be winterized, and most of the steps are the same ones you need to take to winterize your boat ’ s diesel propulsion engine. Easily done. Let ’ s get started! Stabilize the fuel Check your fuel-water separator for sediment and water, and clean or replace the elements as needed. Fill your tank 95% full with clean diesel and add a fuel stabilizer. I use Biobor JF and Star Tron Diesel Additive, as recommended by Practical Sailor. We sell lots of other excellent products like ValvTect BioGuard and STA-BIL Diesel.

The speed of the marine engine is controlled by an instrument known as governor, which can be of – hydraulic, electro-hydraulic or electronic governor type. The most famous types of governor  used for both main engine and generator engine is the electro-hydraulic type marine governor. It ’ s because of this little instrument that the engine speed can be smoothly controlled from a remote space (bridge or engine control room). The different components of a governor allows for a steady state speed control, along with achieving the required variation in the load. Following are the important parts of the governor: – Synchronizer knob: This knob is used for controlling the speed of the engine with a single unit (Main engine) and controlling the load for engines with multiple unit (generator) – Speed droop knob: The speed droop knob helps in creating the stability and also divides the load equally among multiple generator engines running parallel – Load limit kn