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Yeah, mine's due for its first oil change after the two-day outage (already had some hours on it from test runs over the last year). I figure I'll get it good and hot on the new load bank I'm cooking up (involving retired baseboard heaters), do my droop test, and then do the change.
I should...
It's typical US Army style logic: If it says 5KW output, that means 5000.00 watts all the time it's running under any deployable circumstances or the manufacturer failed to meet the terms of contract. Likewise the % load gauge, which is calibrated assuming a power factor of 0.8, which means...
The storm blew through here at about 21:30 Friday. Power went out with the first 60 MPH gust when a red oak took the line down on our road. It was cool enough that evening that we didn't bother with a generator until the next morning.
The MEP-002A is still temporarily installed on a corner of...