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You mean it does 3 phase 120/208 not single phase no? I am pretty sure that is what you mean that is why you are pulling 208 between any of the three line lugs not 240. So you are only getting 2/3 the power output of the 30kw rated power it can produce. Post up a video of it in action I would...

Nice glad to see your getting some ROI on that Genny. What is the balck cord going up to the electric meter for? IS that part of the transfer switch or what? Or is that how the power feeds back into the main service box? Just curious thanks and your transfer switch looks to be an electronic one...

Thanks so much for the info ETN550 I am going to have to order up the rivit tool for the blind nuts as you suggested and see if I cant work that bolt out or possibly grind it out as you mentioned. I like your idea of using a punch to sort of pinch the flange to the frame rail to try and get some...

LOL yeah cant say I was ever a Submariner that would make sense. Thanks again sewerzuk you always add a lot to this board and I enjoy reading your posts and watching the videos.

Lol not sure I follow your reference :)

Im missing the diagram you had. This set would be super easy to modify for automatic start and stop however. If I were to do it id just use an avr or pic controller with some relays. The main breaker goes in and out with a 24 volt contactor so thats no big deal can just have your pic or avr...

Things out west Sunny and beautiful as usual :) Could use a little rain though its looking to be a dry summer here, Flowers and trees are already blooming and its only February. Every time I see your sig i see Santa Rosa there is a city in Sonoma county called Santa Rosa which is just over the...

id say no difference with the head that is on there the thing that limits it to a 5kw unit is the overload circuitry. So the breaker and the current transformers are all set for about 5kw. That being said you will never have to worry about burning up the head on that machine since it is rated...

Im sort of confused what the problem is. So the DC charging amp meter you say when you jumper across its terminals the generator runs fine but if not it will not run? How did you ever figure that out or just started playing with things? Sounds like one of the safety relays is shutting it...

As I recall I think there was only one float. I will have to go out and take a closer look at it tomorrow. I know one of the MEP 005a has two floats one for low fuel the bottom one and the upper one for the fuel transfer solenoid. I will probably just jumper the pins over as you described D and...

Well moved the float up with the switch in the run position still no voltage to the coil, so much for the easy stuff going to have to start working on it more next weekend when I have more time. Thanks for the input.

ETN550 Thanks for the tips. I was just thinking perhaps its cause I have no fuel in the tank right now. I am going to go out right now and try that and see if raising the float allows power to go to the starter solenoid. Thanks again I will report back. lee

Nice im going to have to bookmark that place they have tons of manuals on there. I just need to find a wiring diagram now so I can track down the solenoid circuit on this thing. I wonder if there is a depot level maint manual like there is for the bigger units somewhere. Thanks again for all the...

Answered my first question with the TM appears as though the solenoid is supposed to be energized when the switch is in the run position so guess im going to have to start tracking down why there is no power to the shut off solenoid. I assume these machines have safety circuits like their bigger...

Ah thanks Jim. that makes sense the fused both sides of the convenience outlet. Looks like somebody bypassed it on my unit. Well I am going to go peruse the Tm's for a bit on this thing and see if I can learn more about the fuel shot off solenoid. Thanks for the links Jim again.

So at last I have finally gotten a bit of time to start working on my Mep-701a I picked about 3 weeks ago. So I got power connected to the DC system and it appears to be working properly. The starting circuit works fine I can hear the hour meter running in the run position and the aux fuel pump...

If you get the backpack for it with the screen you can see what its looking at, or if you get the wifi backpack for it you can see what it is looking at on your phone.. I need to get working on my 701a. I hooked up jumper cables to it and the thing is dead no power to anything so Ive got to...

Im not sure it is necessary Jim. However If say your one light bulb did decide to burn out when it went dark and you then threw the breaker in you could end up with synchronization errors. However That is fairly unlikely and two light bulbs would be even more unlikley. All the set ups ive seen...

To be honest have not even looked at it since I took the pictures just have not had the time. I did however go out and hook some jumper cables to the battery cables and flipped the switch to run nothing, so moved it to the start position nothing totally dead so I've got some work on the dc side...

Pretty sure there is a data plate mentioning this down around the convince outlet...