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Chief, That's good to know if I have to run the set in the dead of winter. Just how cold does it have to be though. For the most part in Ohio, we really don't see below 20 too often. It happens sometimes but not a lot in my area.

Chief_919, The 10KW units, at least the MEP series, are air cooled so they don't need the loading, but that is a good idea for the bigger units.

You would have to talk to someone with way more experience than me, but the easiest way to fix the problem is to load it up about every hour or so for a little bit to make the engine heat up. Check out the smokstak forum for some more information. Those guys specialize in engines particularly...

AAAHHH, I thought we were talking about the 003a'a. That's what maddog bought anyway...sorry.

Wet Stacking is basically unburned diesel fuel gathering in your exhaust from a liquid cooled diesel not being run up to temperature and burning the fuel completely. If you have a large KW diesel generator and only lightly load it the engine doesn't really get up to the proper temp to burn the...

cranetruck the MEP-003a (the 10KW unit) weighs in at about 1200 dry. maddog, I have two of the 10KW units and both run great. I have to agree with BKubu, more power is better. As long as it's one of these air cooled generators you're fine. If it was a liquid cooled set I would highly advise...