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Hi,
The Marine Industry whilst being what all of us involved in it see as a large scale operation is actually only a very small drop in the ocean to the manufacturers of Automotive Engines.
Caterpillar for example whilst being used all over the world in boats today only derives a fraction of it's income from Marine Related business under the CAT Brand, this said MAK which is now a CAT brand generates a large percentage of it's income from Marine related activities, but still a small art of CATS total income.
It is not just a simple task of taking any engine you want and bolting an alternator on the back as the engine characteristics and hardware have to be setup and suited for constant speed operation. You will also see that small common rail diesels used in cars and light trucks often generate their power at speeds far in excess of what one can run a generator at normally so to run at a sensible speed one will be dropping the power output considerably when using a high speed highly rated lightweight engine.
When you say smaller how small do you mean?
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Cheers,
K1W1
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