I was recently invited to inspect a small generating set belonging to Colin Williams from Horsham in Sussex.
I was recently invited to inspect a small generating set belonging to Colin Williams from Horsham in Sussex. When he told me it was a Warwick I was quite intrigued as the engines I associate with that name are open crank and I’ve never heard of one being part of a direct coupled set before. However, things became clear when I saw it that there was no connection to the more well-known Warwickshire based company who produced the Eagle engine.
The set Colin has follows the fairly standard layout of such things with the engine and dynamo being close-coupled and mounted on a cast iron bed plate. What makes the set a little unusual is how robust it is for such a small engine, with the crankcase, bed plate and dynamo casing being a single casting. The overall length is 36 inches by 14 inches wide and 21 inches to the top of the cylinder head. Bore and stroke dimensions of the engine would be around 2¾ inches by 3½ inches, though Colin has yet to investigate the internals so he can’t be 100% sure about them. Presumably the instrument panel was wall-mounted, and sadly is no longer with the engine.
This story is from the January 2018 edition of Stationary Engine.
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