Something like this is doable but offhand I haven't heard on this board of anyone actually generating with a MBZ engine.
The Maui Green biodiesel board may reveal some self-generators using grease.
On thing to overcome: 615, 616 and 617 engines aren't governed above something like 1000rpm so some sort of load-sensitive speed control would be in order... it might be possible to adapt an aftermarket cruise control to the task. IMHO, the OEM unit lacks the necessary reliability.
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You never realize how aggrivating a sound is until you listen to it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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If I were self-generating, the first thing I'd do would be to alter my energy consumption habits so that I was only running the genset periodically.