Alright so I used it this weekend & it's just shy of 30 hours now.
Got the 0-30 ohm fuel level sender in earlier in the week. Modified it so that that size/length was close to the existing one. Got it in & it worked great.
Installed the jumpers for 120v mode at the lugs & installed the switch to the left of the box.
Hooked up to the auxiliary pump & my truck's auxiliary tank & fired it up.
After a bit, it started to surge. Figured out it was the angle I was parked with it in my truck was causing the fuel pickup to be in the air pocket. Moved my truck to tilt the other way & all was fine.
I tried to start my window A/C units again with the same results even with the jumper in place. After thinking a bit, I left the big unit on "Fan" mode for a little while then tried it again... it started. From it being without a power source I guess the internal capacitor was drained. Did it with the small unit & it started as well. But, they both can't run at the same time still, jumper or not. I even tried each one on each 120v leg. At least the big 10,000 BTU will start with it. Maybe since the 8,000 BTU is older, the capacitor is bad? When each run on their own, the pull 600-800 watts after the surge. I can run a microwave & two cooktops with the large A/C running. Anyways...
It will start my 3,000 watt 240v heater no problem that I have mounted in the cabin. This is what we needed for the evening.
Calculated that the auxiliary pump would kick in around 0100 so I got up at 0130 & checked on it. Sure enough it did. At 2130 when I last checked, it was at 1/2 tank. at 0130, it was at 3/4 tank. No leaks anywhere in the connections I made. Was happy!
Thought it was cool that the red LED's from kloppk's controller acts as a backlight for the fuel level gauge.
At 0700 I looked out the window at it after listening to it purr the rest of the night. It was billowing white smoke out of every vent!
Thought at first that fuel kept siphoning from my trucks auxiliary tank. After opening it up & letting the pump run, I found that the return fuel like sprung a leak right at the metal tee fitting that's before the injection pump. Sent fuel up & the fans caused it to go all over. Then with the auxiliary pump on, it kept pulling fuel from the truck's tank. Needless to say I had a nice mess on my hands.
I kick myself in the butt because this same exact thing happened with my MEP-802A about a year ago. I talked myself out of just replacing the return fuel lines earlier last week because of this possibly happening. Well, I will never NOT replace these fuel lines again!
Cleaned everything up the best I could. Neighbor a few miles away had some fuel line & hose clamps. Replaced the small length of line & fired it back up for another hour to help burn off what I could of the diesel mess inside of the generator. Also, wanted the power to cook chow for the family.
On the good side, all my repairs worked & it ran well!
On the bad side, I didn't listen to myself & replace those return lines so I have a huge mess. At least it's an easy fix.
With the inverter inside, hosing it down with de-greaser to attempt getting it clean is probably out of the picture right? Air dry won't do a whole lot this time of the year. Plus, it's diesel & it never seems to dry.
Thanks for reading my long post!