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  1. Ratch

    Connected my MEP-803A the proper way as my home standby generator... Install pics...

    I think I said the same thing as DA...
  2. Ratch

    Connected my MEP-803A the proper way as my home standby generator... Install pics...

    Another reason is current flow in the earth . Different places in the soil can have different potential (think voltage). You could have positively charged earth (IE +1 volt) near negatively charged earth (-1 volt), with no conductor between them. Now you stick a rod in each one, and connect a...
  3. Ratch

    Connected my MEP-803A the proper way as my home standby generator... Install pics...

    I'd get an external volt and frequency meter, so when the onboard ones go south, you have a reference point during an emergency. Maybe an AC contactor. Batteries...nothing sucks more than losing utility power and finding your genset batteries dead. I was thinking of adding a buzzer to mine...
  4. Ratch

    Connected my MEP-803A the proper way as my home standby generator... Install pics...

    I'm sure they could be resourceful... I once saw a urinal with an old Air Force sticker on it. "Aim High".
  5. Ratch

    Connected my MEP-803A the proper way as my home standby generator... Install pics...

    Just looking out the window at my 802 sitting in the snow...thinking about coolant. How the heck does the mil add coolant to these things? Does it really require a funnel? Somehow, I can't see an isolated post being screwed because they don't have a funnel on the machine.
  6. Ratch

    Connected my MEP-803A the proper way as my home standby generator... Install pics...

    For sure, but my company has to have 100% uptime at this site, and my neighbor is some kind of specialized surgeon, I don't think he cares what it costs... But it went in when propane was $1 per gallon. Just like our old meps were built when diesel was $.50 per gallon...days we'll never know again.
  7. Ratch

    Connected my MEP-803A the proper way as my home standby generator... Install pics...

    Diesel starts to degrade the moment it leaves the refinery. It will not evaporate away like gasoline, but it doesn't last forever. Diesel sitting in a tank for ten years will not burn as efficiently as diesel that was trucked out of the refinery a week ago. Though who knows with the...
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