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  1. DieselAddict

    What is wrong me me.. Another MEP803...

    When I got a powerplant setup the excavator wasn't able to lift it. I had to use it to just manage the unit and roll it off the side of the trailer. More than a little sketchy.
  2. DieselAddict

    What is wrong me me.. Another MEP803...

    Yea, they loaded it with a grossly oversized wheel loader. When I'm ready to get it off the trailer I'll rig it to lift with the excavator and set it off on the ground. The two heaters will get forked off with the tractor. I'd use the tractor for the generator but it can't quite lift the...
  3. DieselAddict

    What is wrong me me.. Another MEP803...

    Yep. Picked up another one. For some reason the ones on trailers sometimes go for better prices than ones not on trailers. Go figure. Ignore those other boxes. Nothing to see there. :D Anyway, I talked to the load out guy for a while today and asked about inventory. The lot is empty of military...
  4. DieselAddict

    ECO Hubs Who needs 3:07 gears?

    I have an A0 and from driving it around some with the new hubs I can say that the truck is not slower. I didn't take any measurements with the old hubs but I'll get out and capture some performance with the data acquisition system soon.
  5. DieselAddict

    ECO Hubs Who needs 3:07 gears?

    Yea, I took photos of the swtiches when I started. Verified that number on the chart and looked at the calculations in the manual and figured what it should have been. I did 712 and that was WAY off. Well, that didn't work. Ended up choosing a couple of values to see the scale of each change...
  6. DieselAddict

    ECO Hubs Who needs 3:07 gears?

    That was the dip switch setting.
  7. DieselAddict

    ECO Hubs Who needs 3:07 gears?

    Well, the math didn't work out like I expected. I settled on choosing a calibration and driving to see if I was over or under. I settled down on 440 as the number. At this point its splitting hairs with the GPS. Seems to be either a half a MPH under to half a MPH over depending on speed.
  8. DieselAddict

    ECO Hubs Who needs 3:07 gears?

    My calculations didn't work out perfectly. I'm going to get to the bottom of this and update the post accordingly. Mine was 356.
  9. DieselAddict

    803a sustained load in high heat.

    Your max load is actually around 105%. The green line is 100% under most conditions. One of the idiosyncrasies of these sets. You should be fine. They are tested to run in desert conditions.
  10. DieselAddict

    MEP-803a starting Capability

    For one the LPW4 engine on the 803 is ~1,800cc. The engine on the 003 is ~2,300cc. That itself isn't a predictor of power output but I can say the higher rotating mass of the larger engine will certainly help it handle surges better. I haven't done formal measurements but from looking at the...
  11. DieselAddict

    MEP-803a starting Capability

    MEP003 > MEP803. I own both. The MEP803 is a great unit and a beast in its own right but a good running MEP003 will run rings around a MEP803. ESPECIALLY in handling surge loads.
  12. DieselAddict

    MEP-803a starting Capability

    Its rated for 20HP on 3ph. Should work fine with a MEP803.
  13. DieselAddict

    MEP-831A Freq Converter (A8) rebuild - anybody have luck with repairing these?

    I hate to be the bearer of bad news but we don't have any technical info on the inverter itself. That is something a number of us here on the forum have wanted to find in an effort to facilitate repairs to the inverters but that has been an unfulfilled desire.
  14. DieselAddict

    MEP 806B. Internal arcing in genset.

    You will want to have the rotor tested for insulation integrity. At a minimum do a HIPOT test. I'll be surprised if it is OK.
  15. DieselAddict

    Bell Housing Rpm Sensor- P/N Help

    I agree that the on forum search is lacking. The biggest issue is its minimum string length for searches. With all the short acronyms the militiary used for stuff it makes finding posts with MEP or ECO HUB challenging. Many times I have to resort to doing a google search limited to...
  16. DieselAddict

    Bell Housing Rpm Sensor- P/N Help

    You can see how I solved the problem here - https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/cat-3116-engine-speed-sensor.203541/
  17. DieselAddict

    Blown tire need pneumatic bottle jack suggestion

    Any recommended source for 22.5 wheels that may not break the bank?
  18. DieselAddict

    3 Phase to Single Phase Step Down Transformers

    You can find people testing them in grid-down situations. They do not perform to their nameplate when running from battery alone. Seems they are optimized for parallel operation where the utility handles inrush currents. When running straight off battery they can trip offline when a heavy...
  19. DieselAddict

    3 Phase to Single Phase Step Down Transformers

    Please dear god, not a solark. Anything but one of those.
  20. DieselAddict

    3 Phase to Single Phase Step Down Transformers

    Or you could go with the 10xx series machines that can parallel out of the box. By the time you do all the work to make an 80x generation machine do it, you've already paid the price difference to get 10xx machines.
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