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madderoftime. I had an issue like yours regarding voltage. see my post #278. that solved my voltage problem where it went to 0 after releasing the start switch.

Sewerzuk, Thank you for all the time and effort you have spent on not only figuring out how to convert the 15KW+ gens but your continued support in helping us convert ours. My little MEP-004a is perfect for my home. It does everything I need at a fraction of the cost of a perkins or cummins...

I have 2 additional small gauge wires ruining to the ground stud on the gen. From what I see on the diagrams posted early on in this thread I can only see the bonding wire to the ground stud and not the other 2. I could be very wrong in how I am reading that though. In the above photo I...

Thanks for the info. I will look into those gauges. Right now its only right as it fires up and the engine is coming up to speed. Once it hits 1800rpm it settles down to 60hz and holds. I have not put it on the scope yet so I cant say its 100% accurate. As far as the ground issue goes It is...

Now that I have a lot of free time on my hands I was able to look at my gen and read some posts. Thanks indirectly to sewerzuk for fixing part of my issue. I now make voltage in single phase. The following quote is from him from another post in another thread. "My lead movements changed the...

I did not look at the pins on the speed switch yet but I did consider the switch. I made sure it was not in need of a reset too. What I find odd is in the 3 phase configuration it has never once failed to make power in the 2 or 3 years I have owned it. Even when I set it back to 3 phase from...

Thank you for the info. The bonding part I am ok with. My problem is when converting to single phase as in the video that the generator will not produce power unless the start switch is held in the up position. As soon as you let go voltage drops off. This happens regardless of bonding. Now to...

Not to be long winded here but my problem is I have been working on this for months. I'm also facing a lay off in 2 months. If that happens I have to sell most of what I own in about a week in order to get the house up for sale. A single phase generator is hard enough to sell that fast. A 3...

Sorry guys for wasting your time. In 3 phase with N+G works fine. With N unbonded from G does not work. In single phase it does not work in either configuration. I'm just going to haul it to the scrap yard this week. A mod can feel free to remove my posts since they do not help anyone to solve...

I think I found the issue I was having with not generating power unless you hold the start switch in the start position. As part of the single phase conversion for use with my house I unbonded ground from the back of the neutral lug. When attach ground and neutral again it works fine. Is this...

Thank you for the help. It could be anything although I was very careful to reroute any wires that were tight and I tried not to kink any while moving them around. I will also attempt to find out what X8HH16B does and see if moving that from t11 to t7 will help any. Thank you for the info on how...

I see you moved X8HH16B from T8 to T7. I moved it from T8 to T11 as in the video. Was that incorrect and should I have moved it to T7?

I checked the reconnection board for about the 12th time. Everything is moved per the video in post 1. I will have to assume then since it worked before the conversion that the other wires are correct and this is a new problem. I will start a new thread for this. Thanks.

no. It only produces power while holding the switch in start. If I let go the voltage drops off at both the gauges and the convenience outlet. It does not matter if I hold the switch in start for 10 seconds or 30 seconds. Before the conversion it would only take 5 or so seconds of holding the...

I'm a little stumped here. The gen ran fine before the single phase conversion. I just tried it out for the first time since I converted it. Starts up and runs fine but will not produce power in "run" on the gauges or at the convenience outlet. If I hold it in "start" it produces power at the...

I just reconfigured my 004a over to single phase. I just had one question regarding the ground that I did not see elsewhere. I removed the ground from L0. It looks to be X13BN. The ground stud has 2 other smaller gauge wires. One that runs up to the right near the reconnection board and another...

Thanks for the info guys. I'm going to do mine this weekend when the weather gets out of the teens. One more question. For the jumper wire. Im guessing that 3/8" terminal lugs will do? Any ideas on what a good length of cable would be? I think I am going to be lazy and buy a ready made battery...

How bad is it to use 35ohm resistors? I bought them in late 2012. I was sure I got them through a link in this thread but I can no longer find it. Should I dump them and buy some 38+ ohm resistors? Thanks