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Minnimum Cummins cruising spedd
Let's say you just took delivery of a used 27000# trawler powered by a
single Cummins turbo-diesel 220, model 6BT5.9M. You want to get maximum miles per gallon out of it and know the slower you go, the better, but these motors don't like to go slow for a number of reasons. Of course, you also want it to last forever because it might cost $10,000 to rebuild it, not including pulling it out and putting it back in.. What would you consider a minimum cruising speed, with an occasional shot at 2000 rpm just to clean things out? Capt. Jeff |
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Tamaroak wrote:
Let's say you just took delivery of a used 27000# trawler powered by a single Cummins turbo-diesel 220, model 6BT5.9M. You want to get maximum miles per gallon out of it and know the slower you go, the better, but these motors don't like to go slow for a number of reasons. Of course, you also want it to last forever because it might cost $10,000 to rebuild it, not including pulling it out and putting it back in.. What would you consider a minimum cruising speed, with an occasional shot at 2000 rpm just to clean things out? Capt. Jeff Be guided by Cummins & just ask them. The usual thing is over 1/2 -2/3 for continuous running. Long term light load continuous speed is not good & after a while you'll stop giving it the regular bursts. The negative effects can be overstated, there is a ferry around here that even made it into the Cummins news magazine for it's number of hours without overhaul, I've forgotten the exact number just now, but it was well over 20000hrs with not much more than standard servicing & it was in the situation you describe, lightly loaded, 0600-2300 X 365 days. It was (is) run at reasonable high revs. They slip the ferry every 2-3 yrs & the intention was to re-engine every 3 years last I heard they had left it there. Again always ask Cummins & this para. is well against what Cummins will say but.................. if you have a situation when you are essentially overpowered, you can overprop if the usage is well managed (i.e. the engine must never be run at a throttle setting where any extra will not result in the engine easily increasing revs) This will give you same boat speeds at lower engine revs & make the engine produce more torque, it means you must operate it as a lower powered motor(i.e. you don't have the option to give it full throttle even if the storm front is coming). Again not ever recommended & especially not by Cummins. The marine versions of some engines have a different governor on them so excess torque can't be made below a related safe revs, but this is not to be relied upon. Funny story?? The liar Krause was carrying off the Cummins powered lobster boat lie for months as it was being imaginary built, doing all his online searching as he does, trying to make the lie plausible. As always with liars he was exposed by the easy detail he had no clue about. The imaginary boat was launched (I suspect a charter person he pays to take him fishing it seems twice a year?? was having a boat built) & of course I asked how the Cummins bloke enjoyed the ride?? Needless to say he had no clue about what I was asking, even took it that I'd said there was something wrong with the Cummins!!!:-) Too funny; for big new Cummins engines like that it's a condition of the warranty that one of their reps visits the boat & goes for a run, "just to ensure everything is operating correctly" but in reality they do it to make sure the boat is NOT overpropped, if it is they say so & tell you the warranty will start when the correct prop is fitted. The internet has given the lying idiots a new tool but being tools themselves they still don't know anything. K |
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Tamaroak wrote
these motors don't like to go slow for a number of reasons Larry wrote: Huh?? Where'd you hear this nonsense? A diesel doesn't like to go slow? What reasons do you know about to go with this?? Suggest you check out "wet stacking". Usually requires and idle RPM around 1,400 RPM to prevent. Lew |
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Have a search at www.boatdiesel.com, this has been covered many times.
There is also an article on this: http://boatdiesel.com/Articles/Artic...ion.cfm&Y=2004 You will need to join the web site to read this one, ($25/yr, and worth it every once and a while). I to have a 6B in a trawler and have am OK with slow operation. My normal cruise is 1400 rpm (6.7kn). Key here is to get the motor to operating temperature (Idling, even at a fast idle will not do it, you need to run the boat) and then make sure it stays at temp. The 6B's at times have problems with their thermostats, so watch that and if the temp falls off, then change it out 1st thing. I had to change out mine at 400hrs, no problems after doing so. When we run Christmas ships I spend a few hours at a time at 1100-1200 RPM, and the temp always stays up. So, again, the key here is get up to temp (I usually run around 1700 or so to make sure I am up to temp) and do not worry. Based on what I have seen from people who have been around motors with high hours, I am expecting well over 10,000hrs on my motor. Turbo included -al- On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:17:33 -0800, Tamaroak wrote: Let's say you just took delivery of a used 27000# trawler powered by a single Cummins turbo-diesel 220, model 6BT5.9M. You want to get maximum miles per gallon out of it and know the slower you go, the better, but these motors don't like to go slow for a number of reasons. Of course, you also want it to last forever because it might cost $10,000 to rebuild it, not including pulling it out and putting it back in.. What would you consider a minimum cruising speed, with an occasional shot at 2000 rpm just to clean things out? Capt. Jeff |
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"Al Thomason" wrote in message ... When we run Christmas ships I spend a few hours at a time at 1100-1200 RPM, and the temp always stays up. Al, please excuse my ignorance, What is a "Christmas" ship? RCE |
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