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It's funny you mention that... I know folks who worked on these in the military and have heard of people griping about them underperforming and constantly tripping the overload. Soldiers would have a couple of extension cords plugged into the convenance outlet and and be pitching a fit when they...

That was kindly loaned to me from a friend who does generator installs. He was in awe of this little "10k". He was zapping it with occasional 2-second 25k spikes and laughing at the black smoke that it was pouring out. It wouldn't trip the overload circuit, it would just recover and keep on...

I couldn't figure out a better way to put it to the test than to put a resistive load bank on it and see what we could get out of it. The test was done running it in three phase because we wanted to equally balance the load. It produced a clean 11,700 watts at 97% load. So we decided to see how...

How many hours are on the 802 that struggles with a 4kw load? Something isn't right...

Yea, those part numbers seem to cross reference... Hopefully anyone looking for a replacement belt will have a good Gates and GoodYear number to order with now... Thx!

I PM'd you Tom...

It's evolved a long way from digging those first four holes and building the first raised deck for the generator... I thought y'all may find it neat to see these early pics when I was just getting started...

Yes - rigid electrical conduit coupler. The pipe is standard galvanized plumbing pipe though...

Tactical Quiet Generator - I was late to refresh the page... But mine is quieter than some other 803's because of the additional steps I have taken to add my own sound proofing material to the existing housing.

I used a rigid conduit coupler and backed it up to a lock nut to avoid pushing down the spring loaded silicon gasket. I put it on with a pipe wrench and it is solid as a rock! Now I picked up an annoying rattle from the rain cap but that is a fair trade off for a much more robust exhaust system...

You guys inspire me! Thanks! I just finished mine and here are some pics...

I think a rigid conduit coupling would be thin enough to screw onto the existing threads without having to trim the housing. I'm headed to Lowes! Lots of good ideas you guys are giving me...

Thats what I have in mind! Where did you get your rain cap?

Great info guys. If I could get my hands on a short extension or just have one made, I think I will go that route. My friend put a long pipe on his 802 and it does shake around quite a bit so I would want to add something considerably shorter with less mass. The only real reason I am interested...

Jeff, want to sell me one for my 803?

I'm wondering if an additional muffler could be added to further reduce the noise level. I've found the correct size coupling that will screw onto the existing muffler. I thought about eliminating the terrible and poorly designed rain cap on my MEP-803 by welding an 12" piece of muffler pipe to...

I've seen a few of the 803's still chugging along at 7000 hours. From what I understand, there's the occasional alternator or starter that needs to be replaced. When I bought mine, it had a stuck thermostat. From what the folks who work on them for a living tell me, if you maintain them and use...

I added dynamat to the inside of the housing walls and put 1 1/4" foam board on the inside of each service door. In addition, I removed the keeper hardware from every door that acts as a door stop. All of these items rattle. It has been suggested to glue the lifting rings in place with silicon...

^^^ This! I personally witnessed an MEP-803a run for six straight months in Kuwait through the summer (140+ degree heat) powering our hooch and it was shut down once a month to change the oil and filter. I run Rotella in my MEP-803a and put a little better oil filter on it...

This is EXACTLY what you need for auto starting the 003. I am presently having Peter work on an automatic frequency controller for my 803. Afterwards, I will perhaps do the auto start for mine and then swap my manual transfer switch out for the same auto start... See this link...