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A n 8 where are you in Connecticut? I'm located in Cheshire & you are welcome to stop by and take a look at the MEP-003A I picked up a couple of months ago.

Hi Keith - thanks for the info here, especially that diagram - it makes it much easier for me to understand. As I see it everything to the left of the terminal board TB6 is being replaced by a solar regulator and a diode bridge rectifier. If we remove the wires on going to the original...

Good job ClarkF! I had a bad oil switch on my 003. Rather than just replace it I thought I would pipe in a 1/8 brass tee for some future sensor. In the course of my clumsiness (according to my son) I snapped off the brass fitting going into the engine :mad: An easy out made quick work of...

Good information except for that one sentence. A bridge rectifier turns the ac into varying dc (flips the negative half of the sine wave positive so an oscilliscope would show the voltage going from 0 to a peak voltage equal to 1.4 times the rms value read on a typical voltmeter, at a rate of...

Thanks for all the replies - I am going to try to call Letterkenny today. I was looking for the engine sn and found this second tag. It appears to be from a sublet contractor, Melton (???). The serial numbers on the Letterkenny tier two tag and this Melton tag match. I am going to try to give...

Phil this is a 'phone pix' of the additional plate on the unit -

Thanks for the quick reply WSUCOUGARX and the useful links. That doesn't really tell me what i want to know though (and maybe there isn't a definitive answer). If the genset was sent for a Teir Two Reset because of one issue - hours > 4000 or burnt generator - would they necessarily go over the...

The mep-003a that I picked up at FT Meade a month ago has this tag on it that says: Tier Two Reset by Letterkenny What does that mean in so far as the engine / mechanical parts go? The control cabinet look brand new - no corroded wires / screws, meters all work & look fine. Yet the oil...

Thanks Keith!

Has anyone ever actually measured the trip current running single phase 230 volt loads on this genset. I have read either 50 or 52 amps but wonder what they actually trip at with a steady load.

Very good advise - I have successfully waterproofed meters with silicone. You really have to do every penetration of the case and all mating surfaces (including glass to metal). It may not be direct rain water that's the problem but rather condensation

lol - well done in my early ham radio days we used to get surplus WWII radio equipment including some nifty meters. It was very common, once you knew what the basic movement was (1 milliamp, 500 microamo, etc) to either 'erase' the numbering on the face or repaint the face a flat white & use a...

Keith fom your pix it looks like you have a 'zeoing' adjustmnet on the meter. You should be able get the meter spot on 60 Hz by tweaking the screw adjuster.

A very good catch - I'm going to take a real good look on my unit!

Good point skidunits4you! I had thought about a flex line going a few feet from the power distribution box to ridgid plastic conduit (going to punch a 1-1/2" hole on the top for bringing in the electrical connections). Even more important for the exhaust side! Thanks

I have placed my genset inside my garage between two garage doors. The generator is set back a bit so the exhaust pipes are about 30 inches from the door. My plan is to pipe them both up about 42 inches then run horizontally the 30 inches so they are just inside the door when its down. When I...

No, I tried googling oil pressure switch mep-003a tho

I fired up my new (to me) mep-003a today. Just cleaned out the filter canisters, installed new cartridges & followed sewerzuk's basic start up proceedure. Easy Peasy :-D The one glitch was it wouldn't stay running after releasing the start position. Took all of 2 minutes to find a bad oil...

My son will towing my 003 up from MD this week (we both snagged one on the recent auction). Apparently they are in as 'like new' condition you can get from a refurbished unit. He fired his up this afternoon with no issues. My original intent was to leave it on the trailer but after thinking...

Hey, I've been to Delta Junction :grin: http://molaver.org/photos/jsfav/alaska.jpg Bet you haven't been to Cheshire CT