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The electrical supply house that sold it to me said it was rated to 50A. I will check the printing on the sheathing when I get home though -- I told them I wanted 50A rated wire. I'll be quite PO'd if they ripped me off.
It is all academic at this point since the generator doesn't run yet, but...
8-4 SO is rated at 50A / 600v... 10kW is ~52A @ 120v.
Should be fine if I am not running at max capacity all the time.
Would 6-4 be better?
Yes, it would. However it is not necessary for my purposes and a lot more $. This is temporary until I can fund hard wiring and a permanent install.
JW
I'm not planning to run the electric stove... :)
I will just run the stuff I need to be basicly comfortable. Can do without laundry for a few days and cook on the grill. Load shouldn't be 10k, so I think I'll be OK with 8-4... I thought about 6-4, but the $$$ was adding up fast.
Plus, I had...
First off, thank you all for your suggestions / guidance.
At this point my diagnosis efforts are on hold. To get all my vehicles into the garage I had to push the generator into a corner and I don't want to try starting it when it is indoors in a confined area and fuel may be squirted around...
Air flow is set to normal / summer.
Not sure how to check the high pressure fuel side... I purged the filters, so the lift pump is working... I can hear it prime and slow down during the start sequence.
JW
I have a MEP 003A I'm trying to get going which I purchased from gov surplus in the spring.
Where I am now the engine runs for ~1 min, blows black & white smoke when running, then stalls. I bypassed the high temp and the low oil pressure switches with a jumper and tried bypassing them...