MEP 021C Info

[axlr8]

A friend owns a Old MEP 021C with continental 4cyl opposed motor, overhauled at Toole, he wants some information as to tips and tricks. And it has less than 30 hrs run time! Anything Appreciated
Nich

 

[axlr8]

Here are some pictures.

 

[Isaac-1]

The MEP-021c is a 400 hz of the MEP-016c generator used to power radars and missile systems, it is nearly useless for most civilian needs, as you can not power anything dependant on 60 hz power (motors, or anything with switch mode power supplies or transformers), it is only useful in powering resistive loads like the soon to be obsolete incandescent light bulbs or resistive heating elements. Strangely enough this is the second time today that the MEP-021 family has came up on this board.

Ike

 

[axlr8]

Is there any way to step her down to 60 hz cheaply? He picked it up for 200 bucks and has no use for her because of that...

 

[Isaac-1]

The only way would to be to change out the generator end, and probably some of the stuff in the control box. Not cheap, but basically what he bought was an engine attached to a big paperweight. He is not the first, we get people on here fairly often that have bought these 400 hz generators (often ones a lot larger and more expensive than the MEP-021's) that did not know what they were getting.

Ike