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Recent content by PeterD

  1. PeterD

    MEP-003A with PLC controlled auto start

    If there is no private email option here, go to Youtube. He is active there and I think you can contact him that way.
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    MEP-004-AAS questions and making trip ready

    IIRC, (its been a few years) it was a very weak valve spring! You're right in not crushing the filter, you just need to keep it from moving. Later when I got a real spring from another generator, I was surprised how close I'd come to the factory one. Or... Someone with the second generator...
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    MEP-004-AAS questions and making trip ready

    IIRC, the washer is trivial, and again IIRC, I used an old valve spring once for the oil filter. I may have a spare and if so, I'd be glad to give it to you.
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    Looking For Opinions On This Transfer Switch

    There are many options. If you have not done so go to GarageJournal.com and search both the electrical forum, and the free parking one, and you'll see a lot of different methods.
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    Looking For Opinions On This Transfer Switch

    I have a similar transfer switch (I have both a 10 circuit and a 6 circuit one, and use both) and I'd strongly recommend a proper transfer switch over this system. Yes, it works, but I'm not 100% comfortable with it now that it is done. In fact, I now have a proper transfer switch, and when I do...
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    MEP-804A How to change to high voltage?

    Single phase power is 'static' in that there is no change in the relationship--after all there is only one thing (the one phase) so nothing for it to change against. Three phase is constantly moving and as such converting that change into rotary motion is easy. A single phase motor works by...
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    MEP-804A How to change to high voltage?

    Makes perfect sense! Why I did not realize that I don't know, I've certainly considered just such a usage myself.
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    MEP-804A How to change to high voltage?

    Just curious, why do you want 240/416 volts? Kind of eliminates using it as a backup power source for the house or shop...
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    24v Battery chargers

    I have a 1 amp wall wart (rated at 24 volts, but puts out about 28 no-load) that I use. Works wonderfully, and is cheap. Of course, not suitable for AGM batteries, but my MEP has regular LA batteries. If you limit your voltage to 27 volts, the current will self regulate... This makes trickle...
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    Cool and rainy, stuck at home taping and floating ceiling when all of a sudden...

    It gets complicated. You need a transfer contactor with a low voltage coil at the house (the utility feed transfer) and that transfer contactor has to have (built in, not simulated with another relay) a contact that goes back to the gen set's contactor. The gen set then can't apply power until...
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    Cool and rainy, stuck at home taping and floating ceiling when all of a sudden...

    I was an EE in a prior life. I spent a lot of time on this problem a few years ago when someone online kept trying to back-feed from their detached shop. Though I did come up with a way that might work, it is impossible to create a system that meets the legal (code) requirements without...
  12. PeterD

    Cool and rainy, stuck at home taping and floating ceiling when all of a sudden...

    If it is a permanent installation, mobile home feeder may be an option. You can direct bury it, which you can't with SE.
  13. PeterD

    MEP-004A wire identification (inside exciter/VR assembly)

    Can you shoot a picture of that end of the wire?
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    Meter interchangeability MEP-004A, MEP-005A,MEP- 006A

    Meter swapability can be confirmed by looking on the meter face (usually at the bottom) for something that says FS and a number. There may be an equal sign, colon between the FS and the number, but the number indicates the amount of current needed to move the indicator to the full scale mark. If...
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    Mep-004 trips dc breaker

    No, you can't make that assumption. However, I believe you can disconnect the contactor's coil and that would be a start on diagnostics. However even if you disconnect the coil and it doesn't trip the breaker, that doesn't mean the coil is bad! It could be you have a high current draw...
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