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10-4, I appreciate the insight and I will do as advised. I was just making sure I wasn’t “leaving anything on the table” so to speak, if she will pull 50A then I’ll shed my HW heater while running other loads in case it cycles on. Thanks again for the time and expertise.

Thanks for the time and detail of your response. Just to clarify I am using the house GRod with 6ga/4 from Genny to transfer switch, the VR has a 3A time delay fuse & MOV, 61.5 no-load Hz. The load I was attempting to pull was a resistive one for the most part, A/C - 12A HW heater - 20A Clothes...

Ok I have managed to put over 100 hours on this unit after fluid and filter changes. I have been happy with the results so far but am having some trouble getting it to put out over 50A, I know that should be really close to max continuous load for this set but I have a few questions. I only...

I replaced a missing gauge on my 803 with this exact model. That is exactly where it registers on my unit when up to temperature. I wondered if this was a false reading also and took measurements from the sender area and I get 200 with a fluke meter with a thermocouple. I was told by the seller...

I must apologize for not taking your word on this account. I ran my set tonight with an imbalance of 31A-L1 & 21A-L3and the PRC read 50% which would be about 25A on each leg, then I dropped the 120V load and monitored the set again it was reading 40% on the PRC with actual draw of 21A on both...

If you parallel a set, does that count as 1, 😁

120/240v is not a series circuit, it is a parallel/series circuit, the 240v only circuit is series and that statement above is true but when you add a neutral you have an alternative path for current to travel and with an imbalance that is when you get current on the Neutral. Ex. 40A on Leg 3 &...

Thanks for the reply Kloppk. I guess I can use my fluke amp clamp to monitor both legs, but it seems like I could route the output from the CT of L1 when the VM/AM is in the L3-L0 V/L3 A setting to actually monitor what’s going through L1 at the CT instead of L3. I can measure with an amp...

Has anyone attempted to alter the wiring to allow the ammeter to show current on L1 while in 120/240v? The operator manual shows it as an option. I can obviously check 240v on L3-L1 & current on L3, but when I switch to L3-L0 I get 120v on L3 & same current on L3, was wanting to monitor current...

Totally agree and I did just that I put a brass key lock to keep the panel closed from curious people.

It may be overkill but this is the route I went as directed by an electrician - TC10324R 200A service entrance rated manual switch

Late to the game but here are my redneck improvisations. 803 is permanently living on a pad, the 017 can be wheeled out for side jobs.

Did you ever get this set sorted? I have this same set that I replaced the AVR with a knock off SX460, it works great just doesn’t have the capacity I need for a whole home generator. My set only put out 60Vac until I cleaned the rotating voltage selector switch internally. It is very loud and...

I have been a member here and GovPLANET for several years. I have used a MEP-017a for home back up but and it does good as long as I shed my 240 loads one at a time. Recently we had an outage that lasted a few days and trying to source gasoline became tough because we were flooded in and I don’t...

Talk about a nice garage heater! I may have to start looking for one myself. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk