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Hello, I was running my generator the other day and noticed the water temp gauge didn't move up at all. I'm wondering if that's normal or if I should start testing the gauge. I was running with 1/4 load or less and it was about 25f outside. I seem to remember it working last summer but my...

I had a 30 gallon steel drum but it holds water on top among other problems for me. It's also difficult for me to fill since I don't really have a diesel tank on my truck. Recently I got a few 15 gallon plastic drums. I like them much better. I can fill them bring them home and they are not...

I just thought I would chime in. I have my 802a sitting on a solid piece of some kind or horse mat over brick pavers. It has helped a lot.

Thanks everyone for your help so far. I have not been able to work on my generator, too busy. I will be back at it on Saturday

Hello. Thanks so much for your help. The hose is the correct military hose. The genset is grounded. It's connected to the house. The ground wire goes into my transfer switch and then to house ground. I'm not sure about the second question. The input connects into the standard dip tube...

I'm sure I don't know more about this than you. Sorry about the wording, I came in to check your message then had to go right away. Thanks

Hello, it throws the cb1 breaker. I have not tested the pump itself. This only happens when the fuel line is connected. When fuel line is connected to fuel drum it trips the breaker. When fuel line is not connected the aux pump will run when set to prime.

Hello Again, Since I got this repaired I have not tested the aux fuel until today. The unit is shorting again when I connect to aux fuel and try to prime. The aux fuel prime does work when not connected to the fuel drum. When connected to the fuel drum it shorts. I replaced the dual float...

I think so. Not totally sure. I took the float out and tested it's function while my wife started the gen. After that I was sure the float was ok. Reinstalled the float and made sure it seemed to have good clearance. Now all is good.

It looks like I just had the float improperly adjusted. I think everything is working now. I'll be testing now. Thanks for all the help

Just went out a tried again. No fuel light comes on. My guess is I have another bad dual float switch?

Ok, Looks like I'm back to the drawing board. I installed new dual float switch and now I have a new problem. It's not tripping the breaker anymore. When set to prime and run, it stops after a few seconds. When I set it to start, it turns over, does not start than is unresponsive. If I set...

Maybe we need to figure out a way to repair or rebuild them.

As I have been working on this I realized the original floats are foam and the new one has polymer floats. Why anyone would design a foam float to sit in diesel fuel for years, I don't know. Hopefully this one lasts forever.

Do you have one for sale?

Hello, I just did this. With s1 in prime + Aux it works fine with aux pump unplugged and aux pump plugged in. Do I need to replace the double float aux fuel sensor? Can it be taken out and repaired? Thanks

OK, So, generator runs fine on main tank. When I set it to aux fuel it sometimes runs for a while then trips cb1 After this it will throw the breaker as soon as I turn the main switch to aux prime and run. Pump runs for about 2-3 seconds the circuit breaker trips. Thanks for any tips

Thanks for the help. Going out of town for a few days, but will try again on Monday

OK, Whenever I set the generator to aux fuel it runs for about 2 seconds then trips the breaker. House tank works fine. My theory is that the pump is gummed up maybe from the leftover sesame seed oil in my drum? Any other ideas?

I did a lot of testing of my unit last summer, running the house on it etc. I wish I had setup my aux fuel situation then too. It's much better to do all your testing in the summer than in the middle of the winter during a windy ice storm. It's fun running this thing though.