How cool! I just met an elderly woman today who told me about a delco electric plant in her grandparents basement that she was deathly afraid of when she was a child. She said her grandmother would send her to the basement to get stuff out of an old water well that was down there also because thats what they used for refridgeration. she was so terrified of the delco, she would run outside and hide. I never heard of such a machine before today. I had to see what she was talking about.
That's a brilliant setup, I just bought an 850 delco from the local scrap yard for$50. Missing the tank, generator end cover and starter cover. Should run once cleaned up though. Those old engines with external valve gear always interested me- now I have one to play with!
Hi Peter, I have shown this video many times. I am now 94 years old and have some mobility problems. I would like to contact you. How can we do that? Gerry
Great demonstration. I have one of these I am restoring. Any ideas as to obtaining some of the parts? I am missing a fuel tank but it is complete and can be run. My hope is to clean it up and use it for our exhibits. Can you help?
My Grandpa used to take one of these through the International Plowing Match (IPM) parade in Ontario for many years....but that was in the 80's..he passed away mid 90s and the unit has been collecting dust ever since. Now my son has taken an interest in it, and has taken it to his shop class in high school, and it has caught much attention! where was this exhibit at? I see your trailer is from Ontario. Is there any published tech info for these, as we are kind of blind trying to get this operating again! (Grandpa knew it inside out!)
I just found a Delco and think it will run it is nearly complete missing the gas tank and the cover for the starter switch . I would like to find an operator manual for it .
The output of that Delco Light plant was about 22 amps @ 32 volts which is about 700 watts. The 32 volt bush type 1/4 HP washing machine motor, would draw about 12.5 amps under load. The Delco system also had about 300 amp-hours of battery, capacity continuously attached in parallel with the generator. This would allow the second motor on the pump and several lights to operate at the same time. I guess you could say that it was a powerful unit.
@@19pete38 the washing machine motor and the water pump motor were both 32 volts, everything that the delco light plants ran was based on a 32 volt DC system - many of the things that were made to run on a delco were accidentally destroyed when the REA brought 110V AC electricity to farms but hooked into the existing electrical system that was set up
How cool!
I just met an elderly woman today who told me about a delco electric plant in her grandparents basement that she was deathly afraid of when she was a child. She said her grandmother would send her to the basement to get stuff out of an old water well that was down there also because thats what they used for refridgeration. she was so terrified of the delco, she would run outside and hide. I never heard of such a machine before today. I had to see what she was talking about.
That's pretty neat. You rarely see light plant videos complete with appliances.
My 94 yo mother remembers well the Delco Light Plant they had on their farm in North TX. Late '20s into the late '30s.
Very cool, I never heard of these things before, now I want one.
My father and grandfather would install these in the 30s in Portsmouth , Ohio.
That's a brilliant setup, I just bought an 850 delco from the local scrap yard for$50. Missing the tank, generator end cover and starter cover. Should run once cleaned up though. Those old engines with external valve gear always interested me- now I have one to play with!
Did you ever get it running? Any videos of it if so?
I just found one of these at a estate sale.. Can't wait to see if I can get it to run..
I found mine will not run on gasoline, only on kerosene. It has a small primer bowl for gasoline to start it with.
how did he charge the batteries?
Hi Peter, I have shown this video many times. I am now 94 years old and have some mobility problems.
I would like to contact you. How can we do that? Gerry
Hi Gerry.!! ..shoot me an email everhill1854@gmail.com that'll work.!
Great demonstration. I have one of these I am restoring. Any ideas as to obtaining some of the parts? I am missing a fuel tank but it is complete and can be run. My hope is to clean it up and use it for our exhibits. Can you help?
My Grandpa used to take one of these through the International Plowing Match (IPM) parade in Ontario for many years....but that was in the 80's..he passed away mid 90s and the unit has been collecting dust ever since. Now my son has taken an interest in it, and has taken it to his shop class in high school, and it has caught much attention! where was this exhibit at? I see your trailer is from Ontario. Is there any published tech info for these, as we are kind of blind trying to get this operating again! (Grandpa knew it inside out!)
Im looking for some some parts for a Delco 850 ! Anybody have any suggestions ? Thanks !
I just found a Delco and think it will run it is nearly complete missing the gas tank and the cover for the starter switch . I would like to find an operator manual for it .
Sorry..l can't help you there...perhaps if you got in contact with Gerry Blackburn...
Any updates?
That's either really powerful unit, or that washing machine uses next to nothing power wise
The output of that Delco Light plant was about 22 amps @ 32 volts which is about 700 watts.
The 32 volt bush type 1/4 HP washing machine motor, would draw about 12.5 amps under load. The Delco system also had about 300 amp-hours of battery, capacity continuously attached in parallel with the generator. This would allow the second motor on the pump and several lights to operate at the same time. I guess you could say that it was a powerful unit.
IS THE WASHING MACHINE MOTOR 12 VOLTS OR 36 ,?
No idea, but l'm guessing 12 volts..
@@19pete38 the washing machine motor and the water pump motor were both 32 volts, everything that the delco light plants ran was based on a 32 volt DC system - many of the things that were made to run on a delco were accidentally destroyed when the REA brought 110V AC electricity to farms but hooked into the existing electrical system that was set up
The Washing Machine Motor is 32 volts, used in some marine applications