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I have had this MEP-004a sitting in my shop now for about 6 months; it was the last of a large batch I bought at Ft. Lewis. I used it as a test bed for single phase re wiring and other modifications. Now that I'm mostly done with the mods, I decided to move it out of my shop. However...it...

added another video I have been holding onto for a while; it is another recovery/repair of an MEP-004a, but it is a little more interesting because, during some troubleshooting, I manage to get "bit" by a few stray volts :whistle: AND, I captured a piece of copper wire becoming molten copper...

Lockers! Big brown truck dropped off my grizzly lockers this evening. No time to put them in tonight...but I hope to get a chance to pull my front 3rd member on Friday or Saturday. I'll be sure to take pics of and report back on the install. Time to dig out my lockwire pliers and brush up...

If your sub panels are fed from the main panel, the interlock kit still works nicely, as you can still power everything from that one panel. This is fairly common in residential systems. In your case, however...power may split off from inside of the CT box, making the transfer switch the way...

I'm a little confused about where the 400hz came from; the OP was following my video to convert his 60hz set from 120/208 3 phase to 120/240 single phase. Bob H; you are correct, you can pull 2 legs off of a 3 phase set and get single phase 120/208. But, not all 240v equipment will safely run...

Glad you are planning on doing it the right way; while I realize that there are likely thousands of people powering their house this way, one little mistake can literally put thousands of volts on the high voltage lines outside your house. The fact that the power is out and you need the...

Unless you have a precise set, that frequency adjust knob does nothing...

x2 You should be running about 61hz unloaded, with the engine warm Frequency adjustment is accomplished with engine speed. Once you have the set heavily loaded, pay close attention to your % current, % power, and voltmeters as you switch through all of the positions. They should be exactly...

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sorry to hear about your luck! I knew SOMEBODY would do this. Just didn't think it would be this soon! Not to pour salt on the wound, but I even said something to the effect of "double check your wiring at this point because it is possible to hardwire in a short with no breaker protection!"...

Just thought I would follow up; my experience with Red River Parts was good. They shipped fast, with reasonable shipping rates. The parts were in good shape; maybe a little hastily disassembled (a couple of minor chisel marks on the outside of the spindle required a few minutes with emery...

I've been mulling this over as I work on another project...and I think I had a conceptual error on how the CT works. I had based my little resistor network assuming that the CT produced a voltage that related to the amount of current flow through the 12 leads...and that voltage was what was...

Well...the resistors and terminal board showed up on Friday. I dove into the project this afternoon...pretty simple little mod...under an hour to make all of the connections. It didn't work :doh: Well..the theory was sound, anyway. Its just that my resistor values were WAY off. I still...

Well...that's almost a 2 hour trip for me. I was hoping SW Washington meant Long Beach! Based on your description, I'm pretty sure I could knock it out in a day. If you can't find somebody in Portland/Vancouver to do it for you in the next few weeks, shoot me a PM and I'll come out on a...

x2 where are you located? I may be able to help/do the work if you aren't too far away.

I...am jealous. That is one good looking generator. I would love to have one of those in my fleet.

I had the same reluctance with my first MEP! In fact, I actually planned to add a couple of time delay relays so I wouldn't have to hold the switch in start so long after the set actually started. I have gotten used to it now, though. Your speed switch should disengage the starter motor almost...

Agreed! Mine need to be installed and working before my trip on March 3, so I hope to have details up before then.

Yep; I am still running 1831's. However...I believe that Jatonka's kit uses a different thread size for his filters, so the 1831's won't work (I might be wrong...just going on memory). Westfolk's adapters work with a wide range of filters...including some pretty cheap chevy truck filters. I...

Thanks for the [thumbzup] As luck would have it, I used to live in Saratoga Springs, and my wife's family is mostly in Schuylerville. My brother in law lives in Newburgh, not too far from you. I'm there every other summer...so I'll hit you up for that :beer: next time I'm on that coast!