I need advice what needs to be done to get 120/240v from my mep 006a 3phase genset it’s currently set on 120/208v I saw a video of it being done on 004 and 005 by cutting the bus bar and jumping t12 to t2 will this work ? Has anyone ever tried or done this any and all advice is appreciated.
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I've done this both on an 004 and an 005 I have never touched an 006. I'm sure given enough time we could figure it out
My 006 is new to me just picked up at an auction dirt cheap and runs like a champ just pulling my hair out trying to figure out if it will work like the 004 and 005
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It should be a 12 lead head so physically it's possible the gotcha is how the other control systems are tapped into the reconnection board and how to reroute them in a manner that doesn't let the magic smoke out of some very expensive components
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That being said that's a very big generator
How big of a load do you need to drive especially single phase and what's your intended use for this cuz it's going to suck fuel like it's going out of style
How big of a load do you need to drive especially single phase and what's your intended use for this cuz it's going to suck fuel like it's going out of style
It is 12 lead and plan on using it for a back up generator to my house fuel is not an issue I have that on hand 24/7 for machinery
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Okay, simple math is that things going to put out about 250 amps and in order to prevent it from wet stacking you're going to have to load it to somewhere around 200 amps. Not to mention it's going to pull about 2 gallons an hour.
I think you're looking at some massive Overkill (and this is coming from the king of Overkill). But if it's truly what you want to do I'd be glad to help
I think you're looking at some massive Overkill (and this is coming from the king of Overkill). But if it's truly what you want to do I'd be glad to help
I’d appreciate it also I do have two shops that it will be pulling as well
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Tell me about your shops it might be better to split the load
Shops have 220v compressors than run everyday one if not two welding machines going sometimes and 3 deep freezers
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Most 220 devices are tolerant of 208. You could split them up
So do you think it fine to tie it to my house at 120/208v ?
It’s actually getting 125/219.9v
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With those voltages I would guess that you are wye tapped in your service and it wouldn't surprise me if you could adjust the generator up to put out 125 and 219. Or close enough.
What you do want to do is make sure you have all three outputs loaded somewhat the last thing you want to do is put a heavy load on two legs and leave the third one empty
What you do want to do is make sure you have all three outputs loaded somewhat the last thing you want to do is put a heavy load on two legs and leave the third one empty
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The way these are tapped you have three outputs l1 l2 l3 each one of them is 120 volts to l0 and in between each one of them l1 l2 l3 would be 208 volt
That’s what I thought I guess all wire it into the manual throw switch and see what happens it should have a somewhat decent load.
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Is your house and shop fed separately?
The shop is fed from my water pump well
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That makes it a little bit more difficult because ideally you need to have a load on all three legs