If you are looking for a load bank for sale to test generators you own, each bank here is sold out of Red Deer and priced in a written quote of its own. Choose one the way you would write the test. Start with the largest set it has to carry, then the steps your procedure holds at, the voltage it connects at, and whether it stays beside one set or goes to each of them.
Every load bank for sale below comes straight from the inventory on each visit, which means a sold bank disappears from this grid on its own. The cards carry the rating, frequency and voltage as listed; open a card for the rest of that listing. The full spec sheet, lead time and price come with a quote.
Looking for an ASCO load bank for sale? The 1,000 kW ASCO load bank is a resistive bank rated for continuous duty at 480 V, three-phase, 60 Hz, with digital and remote load controls. Ask for the model and build year and we will read them off the data plate.
If you need a 100 kW load bank for sale, there are two listings to compare. One is the 100 kW 480 V automatic load bank. The other is the 100 kW rating in the automatic banks listing, whose load steps are set out under sizing below.
Read the test procedure before you read the listings. The procedure decides which kind of bank you need, and it is usually clear once you know what to look for. A buyer only needs to know which one the job calls for.
A resistive bank turns the generator's output into heat through resistor elements, so the set carries real power and nothing else. That pushes the engine, governor, cooling and fuel system to the output on the nameplate. If your procedure states the test in kilowatts and says nothing about power factor, a resistive bank is the one it means.
A reactive bank adds inductive load in kVAR, so the set runs at a power factor below unity, closer to how motors and transformers load it in service. That puts the alternator and voltage regulator under the current they see on site, which a kW-only test does not reach. If the procedure names a power factor, such as 0.8, it is asking for reactive load.
Every listing here that states a load type says resistive, and none is listed as reactive. When your test procedure names a power factor below unity, tell us before buying; we will not sell you a resistive bank for a reactive test.
Size the bank to the generators it will spend its life on, not to the one in front of you this week. Four things decide whether a bank can do the job: its capacity, its load steps, the voltage it is built for, and how it connects.
Buy for the biggest generator you test, at its nameplate kW rather than the load it usually carries. A bank smaller than the set only proves part of it, and that part is rarely where problems show. If your largest set is bigger than the largest bank in the grid, ask before you buy. Don't assume a smaller bank, or a pair of them, will cover it. If you run megawatt-scale generators, send the rating first and we will tell you plainly whether anything here reaches it.
A test procedure that holds the set at fixed fractions of its rating needs a bank whose steps land close to each one. Two banks with the same total can step very differently.
The new 150, 100 and 50 kW automatic load banks publish their steps. The 150 kW applies load in seven steps of 20 kW and one of 10 kW. The 100 kW uses six steps of 16.5 kW, and the 50 kW uses three steps of 16.5 kW. On the 100 kW, that gives holds at 16.5, 33, 49.5, 66, 82.5 and 99 kW, so a 100 kW set can be held just under half load and just under full load. Other listings do not give their step sizes. Ask for them before you compare.
Read the voltage on each listing against the sets you test. If your sets run at another voltage, raise it before you buy, not when the bank arrives. The 250 kW Load Bank and 45 kW Load Bank listings give voltage on request, so ask what each is built for. To check what one of your sets draws per phase at its own voltage, use the amperage calculator.
Where a listing says a bank is available with 50 ft cables and whip ends, that is the connection kit to ask about. Check that the cable reaches from where the bank will sit to where the set terminates, and that the ends suit your termination. If you are testing the NPI Series, those sets are built with a dedicated load bank breaker, which gives the bank a set place to connect. For anything else, a photo of the termination settles most connection questions before a quote.
A bank that stays in one place and a bank that travels to each set need different things. Decide which yours will be before you choose between listings.
A bank that stays beside one generator suits a site that tests the same set on a schedule. That could be standby generators behind a facility, or data centre power where the backup has to be proven again and again. Left outside, the enclosure has to cope with weather all year, and the controls need to be reachable without opening it up.
The 1,000 kW ASCO is listed as a stationary bank.
The 50 kW Elecon stationary load bank has a NEMA 3R weather-resistant enclosure, a screened air-intake hood, a remote control panel, and built-in cooling with over-temperature protection.
The automatic banks are listed with an outdoor enclosure.
If one bank has to cover generators spread across a site, or across several sites, what matters is getting it to each set and connecting it there. Cable length and connection ends matter more here than with a bank that never moves. The listings do not give weights or dimensions, so ask for both. Then plan how you will lift, load or position the bank on your own sites before you commit to it.
A listing title gives the rating and sometimes the manufacturer. The plate gives what your service technician and parts supplier will ask for later: make, model, serial and build year. We can read it off the bank for you while you are still deciding.
Unless the listing says new, ask what is known about the bank's history. Ask when it last ran at full load, what has been repaired or replaced, and whether the elements, fans and contactors have been checked. Get the answers written on the quote.
Check whether the bank is automatic, manual, or both, and whether it can be run from a remote panel. Then lay its step sizes against the holds in your test procedure. Controls your crew can't run the way the procedure is written are a cost you only find on test day.
All the load a bank absorbs leaves it as hot air. It needs clear space on the intake and the discharge, and the discharge must not point at the generator's air intake or at anything that can't take the heat. Ask which way it exhausts, then check that the cable reaches the set from wherever the bank fits.
If the job is one commissioning, or one acceptance test on a set you will hand over, renting is usually the better fit. See load bank rentals. Owning one pays off when your test is a recurring item: generators you own, tested on a schedule, where booking a bank each time adds lead time to every test. For how the same choice plays out with the generators themselves, see renting versus buying.
Generators, engines and everything else offered for purchase sit under Equipment for sale. Buying the set too? See Used generators for sale, Diesel generators for sale and Natural gas generators for sale.
Yes, under two listings. The 100 kW 480 V automatic load bank is a resistive bank with automatic control at 480 V and 60 Hz, available with 50 ft cables and whip ends. The automatic banks listing also offers a 100 kW rating, described as new, at 480 V three-phase and 60 Hz. It has automatic and manual operation, continuous duty, an outdoor enclosure and six load steps of 16.5 kW. Ask about either and we will read the data plate of the unit you would be buying.
The ASCO load bank for sale is the 1,000 kW unit. It is a resistive bank for 480 V, three-phase, 60 Hz, with heavy-duty industrial construction, rated for continuous duty, with digital and remote load controls for load-step testing. It is listed as stationary. The listing does not give the model or build year. Ask, and we will read them off the data plate.
Ask what is known about its condition and service history: when it last ran at full load, what has been repaired or replaced, and how the elements, fans and controls were last checked. Get those answers on the quote, along with the data plate details. Of the banks listed here, only the automatic banks are described as new; for any other unit, ask.
None is listed as reactive. Every listing here that states a load type says resistive. When your test procedure names a power factor below unity, tell us before buying; we will not sell you a resistive bank for a reactive test.
Large enough for the biggest set you test, at its nameplate rating, with steps that land near each hold in your test procedure. Check that the voltage matches your sets too. If your largest generator is bigger than any bank listed, ask before you buy rather than assuming a smaller bank will cover it. Send the nameplate ratings and voltages of the sets you test, and we will tell you which listing fits, or that none does.
Rent if the bank is needed for one commissioning job or a single acceptance test. Buy if you test generators you own on a schedule and want a bank on hand for every test without booking one. If you are unsure, tell us how many sets you test and how often, and we will give you a straight answer.
Each bank is quoted on its own, and no price is published on the listings. The spec sheet and lead time also come on request. Ask about a specific listing and the quote covers that unit, with the cables and whip ends where its listing offers them.
Give us the nameplate rating and voltage of the biggest generator the bank will see, how often you test, and whether the bank will stay beside one set or travel to each. We sell from Red Deer. Send it through the contact form, or phone (403) 887-4567, and we will say which listing fits, or that none does.
