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Personally I would stick to #2Diesel or home heating oil, as a base and only blend in petroleum products such as oil or tranny fluid, or kerosene at less than 30%. I would use a lubricity adative for anything lighter than #2 diesel.

My 802a (5kw Military rating, 1800 rpm) starts my central A/C. After starting I have about 60% showing on the load meter. Not sure how big my A/C unit is but it is 1994 model so not too efficient.

Thanks for posting the video. I like the simplistic approach. Reduces many failure modes. Nice looking gen set. I found the trouble shooting section of the manual for the regulator and it is very indepth. I'm going to order a 460 but will also replace the 2 capacitors since I have the...

A lot of 3 phase shop tools do not need or use a neutral. Stuff that is just motors like saws, lathes, mills, grinders, etc. Unless you need to have dedicated task lighting or you have certain lower voltage controls the neutral is not needed. Often, a second single phase line is run for 120...

Yes you are correct. For the lube oil the "E" has a screen and the "B" has a spin on filter. Fuel filters are the same for both.

I'm going to change the two capacitors out and also order an SX460 AVR as Derf and others have made the conversion. If I make a version of the generator where I eliminate the control box then the small size of the SX460 would really help. Derf: has the 460 worked okay since you did the...

I use a carquest filter for about $10. It probably crosses over to another. do a search here and it should come up in the discussion, as well as the oil filter. The air filter is the tough one to get cheap. Yes "E" and "B" are the same. Some of the newer 'E"s or a "B" that has the filter...

Same heavy truck deal at Warner Robins in GA but the inspections go pretty fast. They don't seem to care if you just show up without an appointment. Since I have to stay overnight due to distance I usually take about 3 hours to walk the entire yard and look at all items before I leave. They...

Just want some of you experts to chime in and let me know if I'm on the right track and should be repairing vs replacing the A1V1 main voltage regulator in the 016E. From the tag on the regulator it does say used on 5kw and 10kw so if common all of you 002 and 003 experts can help too. This...

That would be a nice trade. If it does not work out I have 3 Pow'r Gards and am looking to sell one or two or trade, but mostly sell. The 531 is a nice unit. You might consider buying the Kill - A - Watt meter and measure some of your small loads then put them on the gen to make sure it is...

Ike, That sounds about right. modern roof air for the campers is aywhere from 8,000 to 15,000 btu with 13,500 still very common. So your loads are about same as 2 roof air units. The 8 is in the manual and the 11 was in my head from somewhere. I'll try to find it and post a reply. Yes it is...

I just finished a 10 day camping trip with the Pow'r Gard in the bed of the truck pulling a 32 ft travel trailer. I have the camper wired through the hitch for 120 vac and the gen worked flawlessly powering the a/c (and the rest of the 30a camper) whether driving or pulled over for the night in...

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Yes, excellent point. The generator does not know which lead is neutral, but for the old tools neutral will always be the case or housing, so bond neutral to frame and at least the breaker can handle one possible scenario. Good call.

The jumper should run to the lug on the bottom of the frame if you use the jumper. Running stand alone without the frame grounded to earth is okay operationally speaking as far as the hardware is concerned. In that case bonding the neutral to the frame without the frame grounded is of no...

Home heating oil #2 is the closest thing there is to #2 off road diesel fuel. Same stock is used for both. Cetane rating is same for both. Road fuel is much better filtered and has addatives. To run heating oil just have a good filtration system, good water separation capability and use an...

Disconnect the regulator's a/c from the terminal block and see what the engine is delivering to the terminal block screws. A short in the regulator could be sucking the a/c input down when, in fact the a/c supply from the engine is okay. It's pretty hard to damage the magnet or the a/c coils...

Good job on your purchase. Sounds like a nice find. Using only one fuse on the outlet is the way I have seen 100% or so of the 6 or 8 I have had through in the last year. Open the top lid and the diagrams will indicate which numbers on your terminal are a/c and which are d/c. Or just put...

You are good to go. Turn on some stuff and pull some load. Watch the load meter. 100% on your load meter with resistive type loads is about 4kw. Eventually the frame lug on the generator skid should be grounded to any good source of ground for personal protection, preferably a ground rod...

Great thread, great ideas! I especially like the stall mat. I have the same problem. Running on concrete can cause excess vibration because the frame is never in perfect even contact with the floor. My floor is worse then average and the unit can rock. I watched a you tube of an L10...