Recent content by jimbo913

Update: I swapped back to the 88C thermostat. After thermal review I think it’s safe to say that the issue is either the temp gauge or the sender. I will follow the procedure to check the sender as first step.

Yeah, I agree. My old kitchen stove works great and doubles as a powder coating oven.

Anyone know the part number for this? I can’t find it in the TM

I swapped out the coolant and thermostat today. The unit had a 88c (190F) thermostat in it and it wasn’t stuck. I went ahead and swapped it and ran under load for about an hour. The gauge now reads about 10f lower under load. Currently suspect the sender or gauge but leaning towards sender. The...

I picked up a 180F thermostat and gasket. I will get that installed over the weekend and run it again. Might as well change coolant. TM spec is Mil-A-46153. This is ASTM D3306, ASTM D6210. CAT-EC-1 which I will roll with if nobody screams stop.

Now I am curious if running cold could be keeping the unit from seating in the rings properly. Hopefully the initial load testing hasn’t done any damage. At the time, I figured cooler was okay as long as coolant was circulating, which I knew it was, it just didn’t register with me in the mild...

I did touch the upper radiator hose today after 2hrs at load and it was hot but I could touch it without getting burned so after reading that the thermostats are either 165 or 190 (seen both listed as replacements), it seems as though my unit may be missing the thermostat or it’s stuck open. I...

Good Good eye. Yes, it runs on the cold side according to the gauge and my assumption is that it is a faulty gauge. What else could it be besides the gauge and is there an easy location to obtain another reading?

Then my genset is a bit weak. At 75% with resistance load its at 59Hz from a no load of 61.5Hz

Where does everyone run their no load Hz on the 802A.

It’s touching 60F today and I had some wrenching to do outside so I figured it was a great day to resume operation break-in. Right away I noticed that it’s handling the couple second spikes to 100% much better. I am going to try and post a video of the droop I am noticing to see if it’s normal...

I finally got a decent weather day to wire up the stove and give the generator a 6hr shakedown. It didn’t like brief 100% loads very much but it was doing a little better at the end compared to when I started. I ran the oven on 400f, which put the base load around 55%, and I turned on two small...

I am planning to use an old stove as my load bank. I have a 30A 240v power cord that I will wire up. The plan is to run just the oven (door opened) and see what the load is and if necessary I can turn on/off a small burner as needed to hopefully work in the 75-100% operating range.

Thanks, PM sent

Hi How do you know? Doesn’t it depend on if you are connected to a house with ground?