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While using the gen last month, I switched on the house AC. The load meter was close to zero at the time, as we weren't running anything that drew amperage. It overloaded the gen and kicked off the breaker. I turned off the AC, reset the breaker, and all was fine except that the current meter...

Hiya Hiya, Been more than a year since I came by to talk. My 1990 mep-003A has been running like it should, and re-filling its tank semi-automatically from a 1000 gallon underground diesel tank. My wife needs oxygen 24/7, I need it at night, and we're feeling secure now, grid or no grid. Last...

Everything has been top notch with this mil gen. Run it for routine test every few months and it's been A-1. Suddenly it isn't. This weekend when I tried to start it, as I hit start there was a spark where the ground wire is close to the trailer bed, and thereafter a dead short between the...

On the right side of the 003A gen, in the area below the fuel filters, is a 38" storage channel with two locking arms. There is room there for two 38" pipes. I have a 31" pipe stored in the channel, actually two pipes with a threaded joint. What's it for? [See picture] And is there a name for...

Bought a nice 10Kw MEP-003A on a M116A2 3/4 ton trailer, and a car to tow it. The gen was trailered up from LA and is here in VA now, but the car is in Milwaukee. I can't fly up and get it, as my wife needs assistance part of every day and I can't just go off. We're both in our 70s. If anyone...

We finally have our generator sitting alongside the driveway. This 10Kw MEP-003A is in splendid shape. Evidently spent life under cover and was cared for. Trailer also in very good condition. There is much to learn. For one thing, is there an interlock on the AC circuit breaker, the ganged...