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  Saturday, 25 April 2009

Vegen, whats it all about? Well a couple of years ago I was trying to hire a bio diesel generator to run the Thornborough Festival's main stage PA, lighting, and the site lighting. The nearest one I could find was 200 miles away, so I decided to experiment with my own, after a lot of reading up with regards to which engine would be suitable, the pro's and con's of bio diesel and an extensive eBay search, I found a Pharmac which had a Yanmar 2 litre marine deisel engine, which was a very good bet, according to an American University's testing. It is towable and reasonably easy to move about, and providing 3 phase 24KVA is a great size for what we require. I have used it on quite a few small to medium sized events now and am very happy with the performance. The Bio diesel aspect involves extra work, filters have to be changed more often, and quality fuel has to be used, but the feeling that you are helping reduce your carbon footprint, and are not wafting highly carcinogenic derv fumes all over the audience is great, there are other pro's such as less engine wear, lower fuel storage risks, spillages are less dangerous and wont kill the grass, and the smell is actually quite pleasant! It outputs from a 32Amp socket and has an amp meter on each of the three phases, as well as all the usual protection, and a big red stop switch. The most exciting thing to happen while using it so far has to be powering a Tesla lightning machine!

So if you want to use a generator with a clear conscience, give us a ring to check availability, the basic cost is £75.00 per day excluding fuel delivery and VAT. http://vegen.co.uk/

Labels: biodiesel, generator

# posted by Allan Smyth @ 19:52

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