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BrisketBiscuit

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Posted: 05/25/23 06:48pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Thanks all for the responses. I think the issue was insufficient airflow at the intake end. It was pretty open and had the small fans, but the built-in blower wasn't flowing nearly as much as without the box. I cut out everything below the slot at the top of those fans and braced it back up with some scrap perf/slot angle. I attached a couple pieces of acoustic foam to it like curtains (so I can still reach the choke/fuel valve), and drilled a few ~2" holes on the back face. Along with changing the exhaust pipe to point up, it seems to be happy now. Ran for ~4 hours last night with no problems, hopefully it will be the same in warmer weather.

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MrWizard wrote:

The fans are wrong, blow cool air in low, remove heat up high, you are pulling the cooling air flow down under the generator and out, trapping Heat inside, also the exhaust going down is just going to rise, some of it will even get pulled back into the covering box, optimal airflow is not being met with your current design, the carburetor might be too warm, causing a vapor lock, or the generator Head getting to hot and causing the engine shut down, sound reducing boxes can work when the correct design is implemented, sound mat is a good material , foam is not, egg crate or pin cushion foam reduces air flow and holds heat, many food vendors use inverter style generators on their trailers instead of open frame generators, inverter style are enclosed are quieter when running at lessor loads, if Honda or Yamaha is outside of your budget , champion and harbor freight have inverter models that are less expensive, you obviously need electrical power so it might be wise to look into replacing the generator , if not feasible, then redesign your box put the air intake in the bottom of the box with a fan blowing in, put exhaust fans on each end of the box , this will remove more heat than a single exhaust fan mounted too low trying to pull air thru and around the generator


If you look at the box design, I did originally have the intake opening at the bottom and exhaust at the top, but I severely underestimated the airflow requirements. The big puller fan was added after the fact, and I moved the small fans up so I could reach the choke and the control panel at the same time [emoticon]

I've definitely looked at inverter generators, but with the business just getting started, it's not remotely within budget right now, so we've gotta make this work. I'm hoping to install a 48v solar system in the future, so the massive old generator can be swapped for a smaller, quieter unit.

Also, what did punctuation ever do to you to deserve that kind of butchery? [emoticon] Still appreciate the input, but that was hard to read! Haha

* This post was edited 05/25/23 07:06pm by BrisketBiscuit *

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CA Traveler wrote:

I was wondering about air flow. Recommend 2 or 3 of the large fans on one end, no other openings on that end. large single opening on the other end and no fans. Exhaust straight up through the top and Gen-Turi to cool it.

Also have you weighed the trailer? Looks like a lot of weight on the hitch.


What hitch? The tongue is sitting on a block of wood, do you have scale-o-vision? [emoticon] but yeah, it is quite heavy. Luckily, our tow rig has the suspension and brake controls for it, though it definitely could use a few more ponies... When we can afford it.

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Glad you got it sorted out. The box looks like nice work. I love a good food truck so good luck and cheers to you!


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Got a quick pic today, ran another 4 hours in the sunshine with no hiccups.
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Good to hear. Now let’s see some of that brisket!


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"Also, what did punctuation ever do to you to deserve that kind of butchery? Still appreciate the input, but that was hard to read! Haha"

There is punctuation,
I just did not space each statement into paragraphs,
Usually i do add more spacing, but i was tired and just made one big long paragraph out of it.
Yes it could have been neater and easier to read.


I can explain it to you.
But I Can Not understand it for you !

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