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  1. If they want to stop fossil fuel use then they will have to give us jobs to work at home otherwise pay our bills and mortgages for us. There's no way to solve the problem. Bringing green growth back into abundance will help since plants take in the CO2 and make oxygen. With all the excess CO2 around does that mean we are shortening the supply of oxygen?
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    I'm guessing that's a pretty good inrush current. My old furnace had a 3/4 HP blower motor, 120V. My 2000W Honda could start it easy, but not with much else on. Once up and running, I could plug a fridge or freezer back in, and it could handle that appliance's inrush. A 240V generator generally is just available in larger unit, I've found, and those get expensive in inverter duty units which are quiet and fuel efficient. If this generator wouldn't need to run 24/7 I'd be tempted to buy a non-inverter and just start it as needed to refill water jugs, etc. Put the savings towards fuel and a propane conversion kit!
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    I built a home made one from a electrical switch box. Either I’m on my Honda gen power or the electric company I marked it very well and put a lock and key on it so it can be controlled. Poor mans double throw. And I have a ton of extension cords and three way plugs to run thru the house. No where near as sophisticated as mopar man but it works for us just fine Key thing it runs the furnace and we don’t freeze up
  4. Another aspect of climate change, is all of the forest fires that are burning so huge and hot that they create their own weather pattern. Here in Oregon with the Southern Oregon fire this summer burning over 400k acres, it was nothing but smoke in the air 24x7. The NE Oregon fire was burning at the same time so there was no reprieve from constant thick smoke in the air at all times. I will say this about the forest fires. If the stupid government and liberal tree huggers would let the loggers go in and clear out the downfall and dead trees just to thin that out of the forests, we wouldn't have these huge forest fires that last all summer. We never had them like this when I was a kid, because the loggers kept the forests cleaned up and clear of rapid burning fuel (dead trees and the blown down trees). The spotted owl in Oregon and Washington is not a native bird and was supposedly from Canada. I hunt and fish and believe in wildlife conservation to help manage our herds and ensure that native species can survive in the ecosystems, but invasive species don't need the same protections.
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    Sound like you need a 240 volt generator. Honda’s only do 120 v in the smaller generators I believe
  6. Stanadyne power service Amsoil all in one and a product called fppf total power are available here for the most part. Stanadyne seems to be the most prevalent in auto stores etc here. Which is my best choice Not power service
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    I started out with generators. Then converter to full solar power and hydro power. Silent power that requires no fuel and always ready. As soon as the inverter senses dirty power it drops the city power and switches to the inverter in under 200ms. Might see a blink in the house but everything is still running. Just had the inverter fire up 4 days ago my computer screen went black for a second or so the came back just where I left off. Future plan is to take my 6500 watt generator wired into the inverter so if the load exceeds the 4000 watt inverter so it would start and warm up then pair the AC wave presto you now have 10500 watts of power total. For the last 20 years I've just ran the inverter solo typically.
  8. The biggest problem is the crank / cam sensors from early to converting to later with cam only sensor. The gear case is wrong because the sensor location and the tone wheel on the cam is wrong. This forces you to change the cam and gear housing for proper operation. Other that that your engine will be in limp mode constantly. There is only 1 notch in the cam and this will display as a extremely low RPM and doesn't match up with the VP44 (P1690 code). Once you change the cam the tone ring will be correct but the gear case has to change too because the location of the tone ring is in a different position. Hence why these parts need changing.
  9. @Mopar1973Man, 5th gen section. I think 2 stroke would cause big issues with the DPF. Another thing is, if Power Service caused issues, its on Rams dime to get it fixed because its recommended in the owners manual. Or they will pass off the problem with a bad fuel diagnosis and put you (owner) on the hook. Happened to a bunch of guys who have the cp4. $15,000 later. @Turbo Terry, yours is a 2022 right? You should have the renamed cp3 and should have no glitter bomb issues.
  10. What I have always looked for when looking for engine performance in a vehicle is, "what will be the engine rpm in a specific gear at a specific highway speed that I would drive at based on a specific engine (gas or diesel). Engine performance charts are the place to get this information. At minimum, I would want to know at what engine rpm is peak torque and peak horsepower. Engines typically perform best just above their peak torque rpm, or at least around their peak torque rpm. For example, my stock '02 Cummins is 245 hp and 505 lb/ft of torque. The horsepower rating is at 2900 rpm and the peak torque rating is at 1600 rpm. This is why engine rpm's between 1800 and 2000 work well with @Mopar1973Man's final drive ratio recommendation. A '99 Ram 5.2 gas engine specs are 235 hp and 300 lb/ft torque. But the horsepower rating is at 4400 rpm and the peak torque rating is at 3200 rpm.. In general, this would tell me that a rear axle ratio of 4.10::1 would be more suitable because of the peak torque rpm. Knowing every gear ratio for the transmission and tire diameter will be key for getting this right. - John
  11. and I would bet both legs and both arms it was timing and load, was the 50psi corrected IE minus 14.9 or not, either way 50psi in the grand scheme of diesel combustion pressures matter not a jot what will matter and matter a lot is angle of the crank and rod when max expansion occurs absolutly no difference to a gas motor, fired off to early with not enough crank angle the charge is going to find another way out simple
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