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That's why I haven't visited the "other" forum in many many months. Plus I want this forum to be the premier military generator information forum. While Smokstak is "technically" an engine forum, this one is dedicated to MV's and MV equipment

If you are feeding the transfer switch with a breaker out of your main panel and then it's going into a sub panel, you can get by with putting a 60 amp breaker in your main panel, and using #6 copper wire from the main to the transfer, and the transfer to the sub.

Vaughn, that is only true for Automatic transfers. When you are using a manual transfer method, it is assumed you are going to be practicing some kind of load management. If you have an automatic transfer and automatic starting generator, then absolutely, YES you must use a 200 amp transfer...

And therein lies the problem...The breakers are designed to protect everything downstream of itself. That's why if you put a sub-panel in your house, but only have 1 20 amp breaker in that box, you still need to feed the sub with wire rated for 60 amps. Because that's the size of the breaker...

There are only a few DC operated things on the set. First off, since you said it happens when the switch is turned to prime run, I would start be disconnecting the fuel pumps and see if the circuit breaker stays in. If it does, then connect them one at a time until you find the culprit. If it...

Nice work, this WIKI is getting better all the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I ran into this situation a little while ago at work about the amperage ratings of type SO power cord. You might be surprised to learn that to be up to snuff by the code amperage ratings of type SO cord you need to use a #4/4 cord for the full power rating of the MEP-003a. Before everybody...

Wow, you're brave for an old fart!!!!! 54 years old and chose to ride all the way to GA with GIMPY!

probably the VR going bad. The capacitor is only in the circuit to protect the VR from spikes and surges. The diodes in the VR can go bad in 1 of two ways...open, meaning no voltage out of the VR, or shorted meaning too much voltage and something akin to the AC going into it getting to the...

I think we need to set up a "Haspin Square gardens" and get Clinto and Westy to duke it out for the best rally? First off we need to find a few dozen "ring girls"

Don't know why? What would happen if your ground wire going to the house were to break and something were shorted on the generator....you go out to check the set to make sure everything is running good, lean against a metal part in the pouring rain and ZAP...no more Bill W. It's there as a...

Edited the "Replacement Parts" section to show some threads where members have found new OEM parts or good replacement parts new.

As long as the presure switch threads into the place of the original, or you can get adapters to make it thread in, get it and use it. The 15 pound setting might be just a bit higher than the stock one, but that's just a bit more protection (and maybe a bit harder to start on really cold days)...

There is absolutely nothing wrong with having the neutral switched. As far as I'm concerned, I would prefer it that way. By switching the neutral, you have to do nothing to your generator other than drive a ground rod and run it. Then if you want to move the genny and run a remote shop or...

That is not always the case. As Ike just stated, the transfer switch determines whether the generator is a separately derived system or not. There are very specific codes in the NEC for each type of system. If you follow the link I posted earlier in this thread you can see the post I made on...

Good advice, but not necessarrily the proper way to do it. It all depends on how it's wired into the house to do it properly according to the NEC. Here is a thread where I spent quite some time researching the answer for the same situation...MEP-003a hook up question

I just thought of something else. When you did the battery test, did you have the battery hooked up the the right side of the wires? Meaning did you have them hooked up to the two wires going out to the generator head? And the correct polarity as well? When you do the battery test you...

OK, I just re-read your initial post....did you go through the test procedure for the diodes like the TM states? You said you are no electrical pro, so I'm curious if you are comfortable with your assessment of the diode conditions? If it's not the diodes, you could have problems with the...

First off, welcome to the site. I'm assuming that you tried the test I have taken a snapshot of from the TM?? In the last sentence of that test it says, "If there is no output, the main alternator is bad." You are not getting any output from what you posted, so there is something wrong in...

David, I'm sorry that cleaning up the magnets and fixing the bare wire didn't solve your problem. One thing the tests in the TM do not check for is insulation breakdown. That is obviously what you have going on with your stator. The Ohm readings show up good, and the readings to ground show...