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Welcome from SE Georgia!! Need generator pics and or videos, please!

Welcome to the group!! Look forward to seeing more pics and videos of your truck.

I hadn't really considered an auto-start controller before.... but after looking at a few youtoob videos on the DSE controllers - my inner geek is really interested!! Looks like a well designed controller - please keep this thread updated with your progress.

First post says 23 weeks.

I saw the thread title, and thought "Some dude drove his truck to the office." Wow, some office you've got there!! Nice pics - THAT's how to take a truck to work!!

If your load bank is 208 or 240 only, I don't believe it would matter since neutral is unused. However, if you have any 120v component in your load bank (a fan for example) - you need to bond neutral to ground.

No doubt!! Congrats on your find - I've seen junkers on GL go for much more than that.

The system only gets bonded ONCE (otherwise if there is a problem with neutral, ground becomes a current carrier). Since the house panel has bond, the generator bond is lifted. (Yes, it will work either way - but will pose an unnecessary safety hazard if done improperly.)

Well written thread - congrats on your new rig - I look forward to following along and learning before I take the plunge.

Yes - that is the setting you would use for connecting to a typical house. Hot legs wired to L1 and L3 - Neutral to L0, and ground to ground. Of course you would remove the L0/ground bar when hooking to house panel. Don't forget to ground unit any time it is being run.

Congrats mkcoen on your new license!! Hope to catch you on the airwaves some time. 73's, Bill N4TJS

Brother, if I lived in OK - my stable would be much healthier (???) also. I see LOTS of good stuff coming out of your area - but shipping costs are too much for me. If the price is right, go for it - have fun, learn, and if/when you think the herd needs thinning - sell off some to help pay for...

Welcome from SE Georgia!! That's a nice lookin' ride you've got there!! I look forward to seeing your restoration story.

Welcome to the MEP club!! Looks like you've got yourself a doozy for sure - it's a really nice one.

N4TJS here - Extra - reading this thread has inspired me to get my HF rig fixed (or replaced). It got fried a couple years ago by a nearby lightning strike. Will follow along - hopefully we can get an informal net started sometime. 73's, Bill

Nice video - love your distribution box - it's on my wish list.

Wow - I look forward to seeing your build / adventures!! Welcome from south GA!!

Tom, you have beautiful views from your place!! Good lookin' pad - are you going to add any type of shed or awning to keep the weather off?? Mine is outside right now, but I plan to at least get a cheap carport type cover for it eventually.

A bigger concern would be running it very long under very little load. Lots of threads on here about wet stacking. I have an 803, and would love to pick up a spare 802 if the price was right - both as a spare, and for those occasions where 10kw is overkill (not so much for fuel economy, but to...

Same principle applies - as Guyfang stated, the manuals for the whole procedure need to be read - and understood. I used to be a maintenance electrician at a hospital where we had parallel gensets. From a 20,000 ft level, the procedure looked exactly as he describes - however, the specifics will...