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So my gen won't crank over. Things I've checked/observed so far:
1. Batteries are fully charged, with a maintainer on them. voltmeter says 26+ volts.
2. The fuel pumps come on normally in Prime and Aux/Prime positions.
3. Some kind of relay clicks in the control panel when switch is moved...
I've got a mep-002a and a Trace SW 5548 inverter.
The inverter has generator auto start/stop features, but from what I understand it is complicated with the mep-002/3 because of glow plugs, time delay, etc, and these gen's don't have remote start/stop builtin, afaik.
But also, there are...
The aux pump stopped working on my mep002a and I took it apart and freed everything up but it still wouldn't do anything more than a single click. Time for a new one, but I didn't want to pay the $200 they are presently going for on Ebay.
I found the OSIAS 24V ELECTRIC UNIVERSAL PETROL DIESEL...
So I live off-grid on a ranch and I bought a mep002a several years back mounted on a sweet single axle military trailer. It doesn't get used much at all, but I got married this year and invested in various appliances, so maybe it will get more exercise this winter since we'll have more...