Generator Cooling, need more info.

[Jim Blackwood]

Someone has an air cooled diesel generator? Bet that's sort of unique. Mine is propane. They use that in warehouses for forklifts. No worries about piping the exhaust to the roof so that much is good.

The existing cabinet has the bends and all taken into account already. It has a sound level around 91db IIRC, I could look it up again I guess. Maybe it is less than that. Anyway it has vent holes around the base. I removed the bottom panel (it was rusted out anyway) so as long as it sets on enough vent holes to match what was already there it should be fine, and I could block off the existing holes. It would be easy enough to exceed the area of the existing inlet vent holes, there's plenty of space under the unit. It exhausts out holes around the top so a bit of insulation in the bay and a screened opening in the door and that should be good enough. Or, I could make it a big screened opening and divide it horizontally for inlet and outlet. I think either way would work fine.

This thing is in a cabinet that was designed as a residential emergency power generator. Self contained except for the gas line, and it should be reasonably quiet as-is. The homeowner upgraded and I got a virtually unused genny for a song. I'll have to carry propane, but I was planning on doing that anyway.

Jim