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Yep it has individual ammeters. Without those It would be way more time consuming! All we run during power outages is 2 fridges, 1 freezer, LED lights, and the heater blower motor (gas heater). As long as I don’t flip all the switches at once it’s pretty good.

from what I understood and remember from 6 years ago when I had it done. The transfer switch has 2 bus bars 120v each not connected to each other (what’s the term for that? Not bonded?). It takes 240 and splits it into 2 120 bus bars. Since something about the phase and 240 of the...

that is very useful information, thank you very much! I was looking at my ground, the frame and generator are grounded with a factory metal ribbon wire, and that’s grounded to the house ground. None of the output legs are grounded, L1 2 hot legs, L2 neutral. Feeding a reliant manual 10 circuit...

darn, I bought the shoebox style one (new surplus) for 159 on eBay. I did see the threads about swapping over to the SX-460. I may order one and have it on standby incase it fails during an emergency. does going to the 460 avoid field flashing? Am I going to have to flash the surplus...

I just got this thing running well, and I think I may have fried the regulator. I got it going and hooked up a small space heater to the 120 on the face, as I turned it up the generator changed RPM. I walked away to let it run for a bit. This was with the main 3 poll in the OFF position...

I'm having trouble with my MEP16-D. I haven't run in in 2 years. I drained, cleaned, and replaced the fuel filter in the aux tank, it was gross. Replaced Fuel Lines. Aux Fuel lever set to On. Main fuel tank has never worked. It pulls fine like it has compression, but it won't start...

And thanks so much everyone for the quick reply’s!

Thank you so much. I guess my fuel pump or float valve isn’t working. I can’t get the little dome to fill up. Luckily we got back power so it’s not as crucial but I still need figure it out. I read that the pump can get gummed up, I guess I’ll try removing and cleaning it.

I’m running my house (some of it) off my Mep-16b. I’m having to refill the aux tank every 3 hours because the darn fuel lever (selector, by the glass fuel dome filter) is stuck straight up. I’m worried I may break it if I force it. Any suggestions? Also which way is on, left or right?

Perfect, so if I only use l1 or l2 it will output all available power to that one lug I am using? Would it work to hook both the red and black to the same lug so it feeds both sides of the transfer switch if each side is fed off one of the wires as I suspect? I still have to call reliant tl...

I installed a 120/240 reliant 10 circut transfer switch with the 4 wire connector/plug. First I'm assuming feeding 120 into the transfer switch is fine as long as I dont hook any 240v loads to it? I want to leave all of the wireing going into the house correct incase i upgrade generators...

I am wanting to finally maintenance my MEP-16D with a Yamar D70. I am planning on oil, filter, diesel change. It currently starts with 1 pull and has 12 hours. I know that the manual says do an oil change at 25 hours then 100 but since it has been sitting for who knows how long I figure it...

Why did it say on my last reply moderator has to approve post? Edit: I'm guessing because I posted a link to a transfer switch? if I run it in the 120/208 and use l0, l1, l2, and l3, wouldn't that be a 4 prong connector setup and be viable with more switches?

For the 120/208 voltage, you use L0, L1, L2, and L3, so wouldn't that work out to 4 plug configuration? I ask because I like this transfer switch http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/APC-32316-UTS6H/p11840.html due to the fact it can auto bypass circuits if I overload it. I am having a...