[Gasification] new small diesel engines from china

[Jeff Davis]

Home made Bisschop anybody? (wish I had the time)


Jeff



> It sounds like "buyer beware" in the low cost genset market. Add to that
> the
> complications of getting clean gas from a "low cost" gasifier and you have
> part of the story behind many failed small scale gasification projects.
>
> Tom Miles
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gasification-bounces at listserv.repp.org
> [mailto:gasification-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Ian Vincent
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:57 AM
> To: gasification at listserv.repp.org
> Subject: Re: [Gasification] new small diesel engines from china
>
> Well dang..this exactly what happened to me. I bought a number of chinese
> diesel generators from a company in New Zealand  and when the engines
> began
> to fail the supplier abandoned me. I took these new engines to Fiji and it
> caused loads of difficulties and never received any support or replacement
> parts or any kind of warranty support. In fact the supplier denied that
> there was anything wrong since he believed they where quality. I sent him
> a
> stream of photos showing things from holes in batteries to smashed
> crankshaft bearings etc but he still remained in denial. Makes me wonder.
> !!
>
> Ian
>
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Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA