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Output of the GI transformer is 1200 watts. Most of that is used when the MBU's start up. The military generator for use with these units was a 2kw machine. If they have 50 percent efficiency then 1200 watts out means 2400 watts in, 2400 divided by 120 volts equals 20 amps, but that is with...
Dave, As you said, they are larger than an M-59. And they have a special piece of shielding on the bottom to get the heat spread out that is NOT cheap! Be very careful when lifting it onto the cradle so you don't mess that piece up. Two replacement pieces cost me $125 plus shipping. The...
When trying to explain one of my deuces to the DMV clerk, I blurted out, "It's like a big pickup truck that can carry over 5000 pounds." Yes, my registration says "Body type = Pickup". YMMV.
Peek window only tells me if the pot is boiling over. I can't even see the aux baking shelf when it's open. When one of my M59's lost the window channel, I just pop riveted a solid sheet over it. No loss of functionality for me.
I've used STP and other oil additives from time to time in my 93 Corolla (but not every time) and it currently has 427K on it. Service advisors trot out a salesman every time it comes in because it's five generations behind the new stuff and OEM parts are getting hard to find.
Civilian Group 31 batteries usually fit easily where 6TL's went (actually they are not as wide) and most deuce owners use that size when they replace their 6TL's. You can almost get three of them where the two 6TL's fit, prefect for a dual voltage application - 2 in series for 24 volts, and the...
Can you find some crossreference numbers that are the same as those two belts? Reason I ask is that some belt makers code the length into the part number. IE an xx945x belt may be 94.5 inches long. So get the Goodyear belt number chart and look at it, they are usually arranged from smallest...
I'm running 1 ga to run the 40 feet between my MEP003a and the Manual Transfer Switch. Black, Red, White and Green - all 1 GA wire. Calculator I found on-line said it should be able to handle 119 amps per leg without too much loss (and this is welding cable grade wire, not the stiff stuff).
You do not have to have an MV to come play. The fact is that I've not brought one up there yet (in 9 years) because any my MV's would take three days just to get there, and another three to get home once it was over! I do bring radios so we can communicate on the trails (for those without CB...
Guys, If you don't come to the VA Rally over the Labor Day weekend, you and your vehicles don't exist! If three MV owners from SC, one from FL and one from west TN can make it there, every year for at least the past three years (and some of us are going on nine years), you locals can join in...
Who is picking up at Lockbourne now that Gimpy is gainfully employed?
Appears that I won some stuff from there and will need to get it picked up and then arrange for transport southward sometime in the next 10 or so months. I expected to be out-bid, but apparently there were not any richer...
Way back when I was involved with 'load survey' metering (when Cesar was a buck sergeant) it was all 15 minute readings cumulative KWH, not instant. Some of the early meters could change the time interval they measured, but they had a problem - when they went to record, they would stop...
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