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How many amps to trip the main breakers?

pahunter

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What does it actually take to trip them on a 002a or a 016E? What are the breakers officially rated for? I'm afraid to push mine to much to find out for myself.
 

Isaac-1

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I don't know on the MEP-002a off hand, but was just looking at the information in the TM for the MEP-016b (the MEP-016e is a 016b that has been retrofitted with a Yanmar L100 engine), it is a bit of an odd breaker as the amperage is different for L1&L2 than for L3 this way it can be used for both single and 3 phase modes without any adjustment, the trip ratings are:

the instant relay trip points are:
between 54-70 amps on L1&L2
between 45-54 amps on L3
 

pahunter

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Why would they design it that way. Why not have a second breaker with a reasonable capacity say, 30 amps so troops using them would get some warning before they ruin the unit, then have a switch to bypass the reasonable breaker if you are desperate for more power?
 

Isaac-1

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My best guess is this way you get more amps, and therefore a higher trip point when in 1 phase mode, than when in 3 phase mode.
 

PeterD

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Why would they design it that way. Why not have a second breaker with a reasonable capacity say, 30 amps so troops using them would get some warning before they ruin the unit, then have a switch to bypass the reasonable breaker if you are desperate for more power?
Done like that because a breaker on a three phase generator set must break all three phases (to prevent possible damage to three phase loads and also to prevent a safety problem.)

I've seen similar setups as well, where one of the three phases was rated lower than the other two.
 
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