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That is great news!
Steel Soldiers now has a few new forums, read more about it at: New Munitions Forums!
Sure does make them more useful for the person looking for a backup gen for their home!WOW! A break through! The price of 004a's is going UP.
If you do the modification as I have described, your 2 "hot" legs are L1 and L3, and the neutral is L0.Also could you tell me how to attach the wires from my house to the L1 2 3 4 lugs on the gen?.
Will I have to change them to take advantage of the single phase now? Since im using 1 phase of the 3 phase gen..
Thanks again sewerzuk..!!
Kevin
The conversion for the -005 should be exactly the same as the -004; the schematics I used for the -004 cover both models.You put 58 amps on mep004 and no problem. This is great news. so the conversion did not really derate the unit. so doing the same to afew of my mep005s should not derate them? Great work on your part. THANK YOU
You need to do both; the buss bar cut/jumper mod in the video wire the 12 leads from the generator in zigzag configuration.So, I need to follow the directions in post # 40 below, not as in the video?..
"I cut the buss bar that connected T10, T11, and T12 together and ran the jumper from T12 to T3, I created a floating neutral inside of all of those components. This explains the strange readings I was getting on the voltmeter, and was likely the biggest reason for the large voltage droop. I moved the lead (X12EG16N) from its original position on T12 to T13, restoring the neutral."
Or, do i do both?..?..(X12EG16N) is the jumper lead? Or the factory labeled cable?
Sorry about all the jestions, maybe someone else had the same question./..
...thanks again for your time with this..
Kevin..
That 575 volt requirement is a problem since the MEP-005A maximum voltage is 416 volts. You may need to rig a transformer.Hats off for the best thread I have ever seen!
I have a specific use for the generator...to start a 17 hp 3 phase hydraulic motor.
It is wired for 575 volts, each leg pulls 51 amps for 3 seconds as motor starts and drops to 24 amps per leg thereafter.
Will the mep-005 start our motor and safely run it?
Thank you for the assist!
Your in depth vids are excelllent!!!
Probably best to start a new topic on this as it isn't really related to the single phase mod...Hats off for the best thread I have ever seen!
I have a specific use for the generator...to start a 17 hp 3 phase hydraulic motor.
It is wired for 575 volts, each leg pulls 51 amps for 3 seconds as motor starts and drops to 24 amps per leg thereafter. Motor was hoked up using 600v 8awg copper...all ok for past 25 years.
Will purchase correct step up transformer or rewind motor if necessary.
Motor is 575/3/60 star delta
Will the mep-005 with proper transformer start our motor and safely run it?
Any tips for starting large motors on generators?
Anybody have experience with soft start motor controllers?
Thank you for the assist!
The depth vids are excelllent!!!