Running 3 phase 780s on single phase power (was RE: hams on classiccmp)

[Jules Richardson]

Roger Holmes wrote:
> No but it was run off a world war two air ministry (diesel) engine 
> driven generator for a few years. The generator was a 1700 cc twin 
> cylinder unit with hand start and a flywheel weighing several hundred 
> pounds. I had to keep fit to get that to start on a cold winters morning 
> when the oil was thick and the cylinders were cold.

No luxury of air-start, huh? :-)  Been there before with a 3-cylinder Dorman 
and it's back-breaking stuff (thankfully the Dorman had an electric-start 
option, so the hand starting was just "for fun")

I suspect there's something to be said for pre-heating the oil using whatever 
means on something like that.