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Yes, closing the loop, even 6-12 months after the fact is important to me. Being a moderator on other forums and FB groups has taught me that there are a lot of requests for technical help and then no follow up to know which suggestions worked or how the problem was solved.
We are clear on the...
I wanted to circle back on the last comment of the temp gauge issue back in December (in case someone is doing a search in the future and finds this thread). Got the 804A out last weekend to exercise it a bit since I last ran it in Dec when I posted this. Happy to report the contactor worked...
Best kind of repair. Learn a little bit and pay zero tuition dollars for the education. That is a lot better than most of my "projects".
Ran it on the load bank for about 45 minutes tonight and ran great. It was running a little warmer than I expected/remember (ambient temp was ~25F) but it...
Good news, the MEP-804A is working once again! Thanks to everyone for their suggestions and help.
After digging through more of the technical manual and more testing I determined that B1 and B2 on K1 had no continuity when the contactor was manually pushed closed. I pulled the whole assembly...
Thank you everyone for the suggestions and ideas. I will work through those in the next few days. Couple of things we have done so far (I had a friend walk me through a couple test that he wanted to do based on the wiring diagram). We have tested for continuity on the overload relay and tested...
I purchased this MEP-804a back in early 2020 and it has worked flawlessly. PO used it to power a trash compactor and I've used it to power a couple pieces of 3 ph equipment. Since I wasn't using anywhere close to its capacity, I was lucky enough to find a load bank to load up the unit and put it...
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