How do I tell the difference between 002 and 003? From what I can tell, all 002s have one exhaust port and 003 have two exhaust ports. I purchased what I thought was a 002 but now noticing the pics have two exhaust ports which seems like it's really an 003.
According to the pics if they are accurate, that is a MEP-003 10Kw generator. The 002s do have 1 exhaust versus 003s that have 2. The 002 is a 2 cylinder, and the 003 is a 4 cylinder that's essentially the exact same thing as a 002 plus 2 cylinders.
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And quite a few more than labeled. They can run all day at their rated output, no big box store generator can do that. You can safely turn 15 kW loads for a bit. If temperatures are mild, even longer.
One horsepower is about 748 Watts. So a 10k generator is producing about 13.4 horsepower of electricity. The electrical part is about 95% efficient and the fans pull about 2 horsepower off the engine. So you have a 140 cubic inch diesel that is producing about 16 Hp at 1800 RPM. That is a very light load, especially on a diesel.
The old gasoline engine 10kW generators used an 84 cubic inch 4 cylinder that was rated for 20 Hp at 3600 RPM. Of course they were about 800 pounds lighter and had nowhere near the frequency stability. Nor the automatic field flashing, ease of oil change...
The Following User Says Thank You to Keith_J For This Useful Post:
Thanks for all the info. I picked up the units today and they are 003s. Haven't tried to start them yet but will in the next week or so. They are both low hour units (100 hours and 300 hours) and look pretty decent so I think it was a decent purchase. Got them both for $500
MEP-002A or MEP-003A
Mep-005a gen-set
