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Congrats, nice looking rig.

I have an -803.

So lesson learned for some of the newer MEP-80X owners. I went out to exercise my generator a short while back one night, as Hurricane Irma's track was uncertain at the time. She started up and ran for a minute or two then died. Checked the fuel tank and found it empty. Thought that was...

Ok thanks.

The screen is not removable from the filler neck, but the entire filler neck is removable. Thanks for the tip, I will soak it acetone.

So the filler neck screen on my -803A is all varnished up so it takes forever for the fuel to drain into the tank. What is is the best method to remove the varnish without damaging the mesh? Thanks.

Boatman, On the link you provided, which particular model are you installing in the -802s? Thanks.

Also remember as mentioned above the the heater elements in the stove are purely resistive, ie: pF = 1.0. These gensets are rated for a pF of 0.8, so you need to divide your indicated load by 0.8 to get true load.

Do you have a ground rod driven and connected when you are testing this using the stove? If not, I would highly recommend doing so to prevent possible serious injury or death. Just my $0.03 (adjusted for inflation).

Nice. audentes Fortuna iuvat

This makes me wonder if someone had a friend at the GL office at Drum and talked them into the old bait and switch to get a better unit.

Ouch. I hope you do some major league chewing on some GL management ass. Interested to hear how it turns out.

Very cool setup and thanks for all the hard work Craig. I'll be looking for a write up for my -803A once you have it done. Thanks again, Mike

If you are talking about those links, those were just a couple of gif's asking me to rate my support experience. Bottom, unplug the charger prior to starting the generator.

Here is the reply from Noco: "Dan Brown replied: Hello Mike, Thank you for contacting NOCO support. You can leave the charger connected to the generator as long as AC power is removed from the charger prior to ignition on the generator. Sincerely, Dan Brown | Support Agent The NOCO Company...

Done, I will post the reply when I get it.

So my G7200 done got blowed up during a recent electrical storm, but thankfully the generator suffered no harm at all. So replaced to G7200, got the batteries back in fighting shape, and started the unit for an unloaded test run to dry out the windings, circulate oil, etc. I typically leave the...

I also scored one from Drum in 2015 with the winterization kit. Works like a charm, burns 0.1 gph I believe, but will have the coolant up to 180 F in about 20-30 mintues or so.

Keep in mind that your heater is a pure resistive load (power factor (pF) of 1.0), hence you actually put a load of about 44% on the machine (35% divided by 0.8.) The MEP is designed to put out 10 KW at a pF of 0.8.

This thread will give you info on replacement parts: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?150954-MEP-8xx-series-Replacement-parts