Can this be done? Or am I going to be sorry??

I have a portable diesel generator that I bought last year for the hurricanes. I want to marinize it for use on my boat as a genset. I have a few questions:

Can I mount it in the engine compartment? I thought diesel would be ok (nonflammable) as long as I dealt with the exhaust and cooling.

If the generator head is brushless does that mean that it is spark free? I have a gas engine on my boat and am always careful to check the bilge and run the blowers.

Does anyone know of a good resource like a book for marinizing a diesel engine?

Has anyone done this already and would like to share your experience?

Thanks for any help!

 

how big/small is your boat
becuz you could build a box for it on deck, or someplace outside and why marinise it, its air cooled already)

 

It's 30 feet but very little deck space and all cabin. It would work best in the engine compartment. I only have a small cockpit and the fly bridge. Plus I'd like to keep the decks clear if I can.

 

ok, but dont try marinise, all you need is pleanty of air blown into the engine box or whatever you have, it will be less costly and a whole lote better, to blow in more air

presume you have sniffers for petrol fumes?
Run the genset on a black night under load to check for arcing, As for the exhaust you could lag it heavily and dry stack it
Sorry run out of other ideass

 

marinizing a engine dont mean to just add water,,the cams must be changed ,,or it will be like driving a truck uphill in 4th gear,also gens dont make the best conversions,,a friend had a viking with 2 cat gens converted over ,,since the gens run at one speed ,they were broke in that way ,,,he had alott of trouble from them,,,but i am not a designer,,start a thread ,,,,,,,gens to power boats,,and see what ya get .,,,,,,,longliner

 

OK ..I missread ,,,you just want to use it as a marine gen,,,sorry Ill shut up now,,longliner