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    MEP-016D load test failure.....

    LOL "Excellent" is the exact word that came to mind when I read his post, too.
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    MEP-016D load test failure.....

    Yes. I wouldn't inhale any form of CARC. I don't think the military has the same safety standards as the rest of the government and CARC is mean stuff. E vs B sound may be due to frequencies. Some frequencies are "nicer" than others and are perceived as being quieter. In general, lower...
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    MEP-016D load test failure.....

    I've had several 701As or 016Bs. I much prefer the Yanmars and their pull ropes. I haven't had to tune the Yanmars, yet, though. I have a 016D with less than 200 hours and a 016E with less than 10 hours that I'm parting to make better use of the L100. The 016E was actually a 701 but was...
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    MEP-016D load test failure.....

    I thought a bad winding could possibly bog down a generator. Don't they often slow RPMs when max load is exceeded? Or, is that something that might happen to a brush type gen heads? Either way I'm learning. I haven't had to go into the Yanmars beyond cleaning the IP and I haven't loaded my...
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    MEP-016D load test failure.....

    Could be regulator. Swap the two VRs and see? Diode in the head, maybe? The VR feeds DC to the head to excite the field. The field induces AC into the rotor which is then rectified to DC to make the big part of the rotor a spinning electromagnet. Does it immediately recover if you remove...
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