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First, I hope things work out and you don't get laid off. Second, don't worry about bonded neutral. That's the buyer's issue. The question as to bonding or not is not an absolute. Done properly either configuration can be used, and be safe. Third, (sorry, this is going from memory and it's...

If that 120/240 delta is using a tap on one of the delta phases to get a neutral (for the 120) you will have problems balancing the load on the generator set. The reason the power company can do this is because they can tap one phase for one customer, another phase for a second customer and the...

The meter has a 'sender' module located on the back of the instrument panel. Small black box with four wires, two in (120 volts) and two out (directly to the meter). On many of these there are adjustments on the back of the module that can be used to recalibrate the meter. Pain factor: you must...

On those (three) resistors. My company generates a number of short heat-sink cuttings that are scrap (end of an extrusion that is not long enough for our product, these are about an inch or so long by four inches wide!) If anyone ones one or two, or three of these (to mount their resistors on)...

Nice tow vehicle, are you on the HML (I have a 95 and a 99, both HMCS?) Also, your MEP and mine are of the same vintage, both are 89s. Fortunately for me, mine is a 004 and gives 60 HZ power just fine. The engine and a lot of the other stuff on yours is valuable as spare parts. Find a 004...

Actually the 400 HZ version is the MEP-113A. :D Can you post a picture of the label that says 277/480 volts? I was not aware that these units would produce that voltage. The normal voltages are either 120/208 or 240/416. Not withstanding that label, I'm sure what you really have is a...

I tried to work this out, but one issue is that you have the problem that loads come and go in residential environments. I have an 'all electric' house, with electric heat. One day last spring I did a test and forced the heat on, and turned on everything I could control (no control over the...

Agreed, a 003 might be a much better choice. My use of the 004 is based on having electric heat, (basically an all-electric home) and a large power requirement, and even with heat on I don't reach anywhere near what the 004 can put out.

Why shut it off, while running you should without any problems be able to push the start switch up and flash. If it grinds when you do that then the speed sensor (intake side of the engine) is not working correctly. Best is to just force yourself to do it the 'right' way (hold the switch in...

Some alternatives are either to custom wind your own resistors, use an adjustable resistor (those are available as needed, but not as common as they were years ago) and to use a combination of parallel and series resistors to get the desired value(s) and wattage. I can help with the math for...

Personally I think I'll do a terminal strip instead of a switch, but do you have any idea of the currents drawn in those three leads? A three position double throw switch is not uncommon, and would be a faster way (does anyone care about fast, I probably would not go back to 3 phase very often...

That 575 volt requirement is a problem since the MEP-005A maximum voltage is 416 volts. You may need to rig a transformer.

What I did was to make (two) three phase transfer switches. These are the circuit by circuit type, one has six circuits and the other ten. The transfer switches then distribute the loads in those 16 circuits between the three phases of the generator. Up side: no modifications to the generator...

I intend to watch this project closely... I wish I lived closer to you, I'd be over in a flash to help out! :jumpin: