The Wee Chipper Club

[robinh73]

Morning all, I have just ordered a Skarper C90 Pro and was thinking of fitting an hour meter for obvious reasons. While I am reasonably mechanically minded, I am not so good with the electrical side of things. Can anyone shed any light on what I should get please.

[GA Groundcare]

Just get a little tacho meter that wraps around the HT lead. Simple fit.

[robinh73]

32 minutes ago, GA Groundcare said:

Just get a little tacho meter that wraps around the HT lead. Simple fit.

Ok, something like this then?

Foundown Engine Hour Meter Inductive Tachometer Gauge Backlit Digital Resettable Tach Hour Meter for 2/4 Stroke Engines motorcycle marine glider ATV Tractors Lawnmowers snowmobile boat 35R: Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors

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Foundown Engine Hour Meter Inductive Tachometer Gauge Backlit Digital Resettable Tach Hour Meter for 2/4 Stroke Engines motorcycle marine glider ATV Tractors Lawnmowers...

I take it that an inductive hour meter is what I need?

[Dan Maynard]

Yes, that's the kind of thing. Battery powered and then you just wrap the sense wire around one of the HT leads a few times and secure with a cable tie. Trickiest bit will be mounting it somewhere nicely.

[robinh73]

11 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

Yes, that's the kind of thing. Battery powered and then you just wrap the sense wire around one of the HT leads a few times and secure with a cable tie. Trickiest bit will be mounting it somewhere nicely.

Cheers for that. I will see what decent flat surface is available when the chipper arrives and get my thinking cap on.

[TuscanPhil]

I use this kind of thing.  I think I have about 4 on different bits of kit.

Hour Meter for Motorcycle ATV Snowmobile Marine Boat Yama Ski Dirt Quad Bike FI

WWW.EBAY.CO.UK

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<br/>Works on Any Gas Engine. <br/>Record and display to 9,999.9 hours. Automatic roll over. Record and display to 9,999.9 hours. We'll do reply you as soon as possible and try...

No battery, runs of the power it takes from the induction off the HT lead. Very simply - just works.

[Nikos Papadopoulos]

for a professional use of a small size machine with the 420cc size engine, what would you choose between:

a petrol and a diesel engine and why ?

 

for me the interest goes with: 

1.performance

2.reliability 

3.fuel consumption

 

The input I had so far is that the diesel is lower in fuel consumption, lower in performance and more expensive on the parts and any repair vs the petrol engine. Also the diesel has more vibrations, so more demanding on the machine's body.

 

Chip in here please!

[Rough Hewn]

Does anyone sell a 400cc diesel chipper?

[Nikos Papadopoulos]

8 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

Does anyone sell a 400cc diesel chipper?

plenty, just google it ..

[Rough Hewn]

plenty, just google it ..

I have.
There aren't any.
All petrol.
Most diesel chippers are at least 22hp or more.