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  1. Carl_in_NH

    MEP017a Fair Price to Buy?

    They are loud, and use quite a bit of fuel - but they do work well. It will serve your needs in short power outages, but I don't think I want to take mine camping.
  2. Carl_in_NH

    MEP017a Fair Price to Buy?

    Point well taken, Peter - it's smaller than one would first guess. Still, to support that 30 volt boost we're talking a fairly heavy secondary current for the transformer. Guess that 208->240V limitation is easy enough to overcome using the autotransformer, but don't we now we have the issue...
  3. Carl_in_NH

    MEP017a Fair Price to Buy?

    It all depends on your application; if all you've got are electric heaters, then it's no big deal. If you've got motor loads that are not rated for 208V, then you may have an issue stressing the motors that are not rated for the lower operating voltage. Case might be a deep well pump; my pump...
  4. Carl_in_NH

    MEP017a Fair Price to Buy?

    I'd say $250 / $300 would be fair. You mention it is NG capable, but not without either building or buying an NG conversion kit to make it so. In other words, almost any normally aspirated gasoline engine is NG capable, with the proper conversion kit. More substantial than a Honda portable...
  5. Carl_in_NH

    MEP017a Fair Price to Buy?

    They are small (5KW) in terms of load support, noisy, and provide poor fuel consumption performance. Additionally, when set in the 240 Volt output mode, it's only a two wire system (without modification) - so there's no center tap / neutral - and therefore will not support powering your house...
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