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    15KW TQG MEP-804A & MEP-804B manuals and info

    Good day: 15KW TQG info all I needed for 20 years. Was designed for small 3 phase uses. Requires a bit of work to work on today's high electrical use homes that are 120/240VAC instead of changing to a 3 phase house entrance because of heat pumps and electrical heating. Issues: faulty fuel...
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    10KW TQG MEP-803A

    Good Day: The info here is what I used for 20 years in all war zones we had around this planet to fix these things. Once in order it will serve you well and makes a great house power backup. It delivers 52 amps per phase at full load to L3 and L1 to neutral at 60 Hertz. Issues: See 5KW...
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    5KW TQG MEP-802A TM's and info

    This is what is available from the military concerning this gen. Issues: Battery charging gen was changed in 2005, old ones still out there, both work.. Alternator hook up incorrect by soldiers, batteries changed to AGM batteries in 2010, injector pump and rack incorrectly installed causing...
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    3KW TQG MEP-831A

    Good Day: All the manuals you need to keep your 3KW TQG operational. There is an updated manual but it is not open for the public. It had something to do with the vendor of the gen set the government obtained it from. Issues, Governor being messed with, exhaust breaking, flames from the...
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    2KW MEP-501 MEP-531A generators

    Info for the 2KW Military tactical Gen set. Biggest issues were voltage regulators, and folks fumbling around with the governor. Use clean DF2 and it should serve you well once in order.
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    2KW Novaitio or Companion FLEX type generator

    Good day: Not a well known generator, but this one was being issued with systems. It is a Honda Gen.
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    1KW FLEX gen civilian manuals

    The normal tech manuals are coded C and i am not allowed to post these, but attached are the comparable civilian manuals
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    MEP-802A How many hours on full tank of diesel?

    Good Day: All Military Tactical Power Generators, with exception of Turbines, were designed to run 8 hours at full load on a full tank of fuel. You may get more running time with a lesser load, but there are too many variables to be exact. Down load the technical manual for your generator and...
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    Behr Paint Jobs- Show me your MV's

    Looks good!
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    802 tripping on overload

    The parts information for the Burdon resistors and the K8 were about the same. Units requested them about the same. This issue was not one you saw everyday. It usually showed up (when it did) after a wash rack trip or agricultural cleaning returning from a foreign land. As far as any...
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    INI Power Systems IG1000-ICMF Info

    Attached is info from the tech manual I am not allowed to send out. It indicates fuels in order of use. Should assist.
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    802 tripping on overload

    No shut down. Lets separate mechanical from electric issues first. Nothing connected to any load terminal or outlets. Cold. Start the thing and after it is running again normally, keep an eye on the fuel solenoid and turn the S1 to OFF. Does the fuel solenoid try at all to let go and push...
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    Mep-807a issue

    Good Day: Well a 300 AMP service. Cool. What everyone is thinking about is this 100KW has a 66 gallon fuel tank. At full load this is good for 8 hours of operation. You will not be using quite so much, but you have to plan for this fuel usage. You may get up to 10 hours on a full tank...
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    MEP 531a surging/hunting

    Good Day: Open TM 9-6115-673-13&P to page 0013-1 and 2. Follow the steps. this will either resolve the issue or narrow it down to a couple possibilities. It is usually a fuel issue, or something related to it. Let us know what you find! Cool!
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    MEP-831a Wont turn off

    Happy you got it going like you want. That sender is in a completely different circuit, but if what ever you did made it right, Supercool!
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