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Yes it was 24 volt. Not sure of the generator but asked in advance.
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There is no exact civilian copy because the enclosure is different. But the Onan that uses the same engine and similar gen head is fitted to their classic steel skid and sheet steel housing. Those are 12 volt. The engine is a Lister Petter copy made by Onan. This engine is very available through Lister petter dealers and Onan also sells parts.is the civilian version 24 volt??
yeah that is about the price range, but junk went for over $1000.
does anyone know what battery size number they take?
Things are confused. My comment had nothing to do with the 800 family. Guess I screwed up. The starter I sent was 24 volt for what I recalled was a civ generartor. Looking over 2 month old e-mails, it was an old Mil generator but he didn't know the model #, only the part # off the starter. Probably a MEP. Certainly 24V.There is no exact civilian copy because the enclosure is different. But the Onan that uses the same engine and similar gen head is fitted to their classic steel skid and sheet steel housing. Those are 12 volt. The engine is a Lister Petter copy made by Onan. This engine is very available through Lister petter dealers and Onan also sells parts.
yes, anything will fit, but MT51R is the closest in correct size. 2HN are not allowed to be sold to civilians because of an agreement between exide and homeland security. you may be a terrorist and are not allowed to own an 2hn battery.They take (2) 2HN batteries. But anything will fit.
Our Auto / Remote Starter Kit will work quite well with these unit's too!Originally Posted by hcso2332
I picked up two 802s at the last auction. Both appear be to be in great shape. I will get them next week and spend another fortune on batteries
2009 with 9 hours and was not a rebuild, paid 1600.
2002 with 3 hours , 2010 rebuild, paid 1405.
Prices have dropped from a year ago. But he is asking the "Retail Price". Again, I say it is whatever a person is willing to pay for a troubleshot and tested generator. Can't hang a price on it, other than GMG and they may be selling them.. who knows?
I know that if I pay 600-1000 for an auction unit and spend a bunch of time and some parts on it, I'd hope to double my $, at least. Time and effort is worth something and a lot of folks are gun-shy of digging into things.
Jerry
They take (2) 2HN batteries. But anything will fit.
51R is still the best fit, regardless of whose.I have seen a number of auction pictures showing yellow-top optima's - type 34's it looks like - installed in the gennys.
We just picked up a 802 yesterday. After getting it home and servicing to fire up, I discovered that it has no housing for the secondary filter. BTW this site has been a tremendous help thus far with links and info about these units. Hopefully someone can direct me to a source for that housing and bolt.
What makes them better?the 802, 803 are so much better than the 002, 003 that there is almost no comparasion, of course you really cannot compare an air cooled to a water cooled anyway. just my 2¢
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