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    Load Bank project

    Thank you all for the reassurance that operating this unit above it's design rating of 5000 ft is not likely to be any sort of an issue, esp. sticking to the rated 5KW. I have a really good feel for what my house loads are thanks to a TED 5000 whole house monitoring / data logging system I...
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    Load Bank project

    That was actually something I wanted to open a discussion over: Altitude. From the tm, the unit is rated at 5KW .8pf altitudes up to 5000 ft and temps of up to 125 F. Those things compound for worst case air density, and I would believe impact the unit both in air density for combustion and for...
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    Load Bank project

    I,ll a look, a maint Mode would be useful, as after a power hit or change it goes through it's cycling the various pumps and blowers for a while, makes it a little unpredictable. I love the area, our main road, highway 72 was obliterated by the floods a couple of months back. We were getting out...
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    Load Bank project

    Awesome! Ive been working really hard to reduce our house loads, so have swapped out the dryer and hob / oven for propane. Whole house background loads tends to run at the 800 to 1200 watts or so. Installed two phase whole house power monitoring to help me get there. The only real big load I...
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    Load Bank project

    Load... Mostly assembled. Still awaiting an overtemp snap switch for safety, but did a first run to see it work. Two cords, one with the 120 volt fan can go to any outlet, on the genny or other, so it is always running to keep the heater element from overtemping on shutdown. Second set 240...
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    Load Bank project

    I Love it...My current outlet box only has two outlets per phase and wanted to make sure that I had a balanced load, hence looking for a 240 single phase load to wire in for testing, but creativeness reigns supreme. My intentions were to be able to load bank it when I did monthly test runs..Keep...
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    Load Bank project

    To aid in troubleshooting, testing and maintaining my MEP 002, I've started buying parts to build a 5 KVA load bank. Spent some time on EBAY this morning and bought a 240VAC Dryer heater tube for a maytag for $32.00, and a 6" 250 cu ft / min vent fan in a 6" tube (120 vac) for $27.00. With...
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