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Huzzah! My fuse and MOV came in a few days ago, so I installed the MOV and rigged the fuse in an old car audio fuse holder till the fuse holder comes in from china. I got everything wired up to test. Double checked the connections, triple checked the ground and verified no shorts. Since I...

Facing a similar decision, though not as far a trip and 2x803s, I decided to piggy back on my equipment trailer. Granted, there are considerable differences between the single genset trailer and the powerplant(2x), namely overall weight and lunette height, mine came in at 4,500# and roughly 34"...

keep up the good work!

if this is going to be a common activity, may be worth it to add a weatherpack or amphenol to make it easier in the future

I think I'm going to install a plate in the accessories compartment and mount them on that plate. Not really room on the control panel, unless I was to replace the existing ammeter

I'm chuckling to myself that most issues are where people can't their units to start, and here you are...

correct, one per leg. Have not received them from China yet.

What is the running current draw on 24v for MEPs? Specifically asking for the 803a.

Load bank put together. Some basic research suggests about a 25 degree rise with all elements on, given the flow rate of my pool pump without considering losses due to elbows or head in the pipe/hose. If it melts, i'll rebuild it with iron pipe. I do intend to cap off the electrical connections.

got some more of my load bank in 4.5kw x 3 3kw x 1

how very controlled for voltage should they be? Loaded vs unloaded, should it make a difference? Are we talking +- 1 volt, or +-0.1 volt?

agreed, it was stated specifically for diesel, but could be used as a quick estimate of burn rate for commercial gas units. I went diesel for the very reason that propane, though I already have it for the house, burn 1.5-2gph, which would run me dry in no time.

The figures I've seen sited are .1 gal/1kWh, being nearly universal for wet fueled engines(gas/diesel/kerosene/etc.) it has been speculated that these can be paralleled, but I've yet to see it confirmed. At issue is the governors are not synced. The output wave and frequency may be in sync...

welcome!

Now have 150' of #4 black and 50' of #6 green THWN on order. Also ordered the supplies to build my load bank. Plan to use a couple of these volt/ammeters to monitor output. http://www.ebay.com/itm/131597614102?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I previously backfed a sub-panel as well. There should not be any issue with the ground/neutral bonding as the ground and neutrals should be connected at the main panel. Ground and neutral are not switch with the breaker, but are continuous regardless of whether or not the sub-panel has power...

In a pinch, he could run the battle short. granted this would bypass all safety features, and not just the one he know's is faulty.

I would rather fix than bypass. You know what the max load is, but what if you aren't home and the wife overloads it. Even if you have it run through a breaker that will pop at or around 125%, I think you'd be better off keeping the protection.

Link to quoted solar panel. Are you running it straight to the batteries, or using a charge controller? I am planning to use this charge controller with a 24v 10w panel.

Got a temporary breaker box and gen output panel wired up. Limited load testing of a 1,500 watt space heater and 1,200 watt iron. barely registered on the load meter. I also decided to lower it, and put the tank behind it. It just looks a lot better and feels more stable. also ordered a...