Load Bank

[Alamo Water Service]

Where is the best place to buy a load bank for Mep804?

 

[DieselAddict]

What kind of load bank are you looking for? They show up on the gov auctions on occasion.

 

[Alamo Water Service]

What kind of load bank are you looking for? They show up on the gov auctions on occasion.

Something to test our MEP804. Not too familiar with them. Just got her running and would like to see just how good.
Thanks

 

[DieselAddict]

The one I have is a Essex A427. It is good for single and 3 phase up to 33kw. I use it a lot more than I expected to.

If you can't find a "real" load bank you can go the space heater route. If you do a quick search here on the forum you'll see members talking about using electric ovens/cooktops, clothes dryers, and garage space heaters as load banks. They all work.

 

[Alamo Water Service]

The one I have is a Essex A427. It is good for single and 3 phase up to 33kw. I use it a lot more than I expected to.

If you can't find a "real" load bank you can go the space heater route. If you do a quick search here on the forum you'll see members talking about using electric ovens/cooktops, clothes dryers, and garage space heaters as load banks. They all work.

Great to know, ill try that route as I see online that they are pricey.

 

[Coug]

If you can't find any real load banks, some of the military ECUs can often be found for relatively cheap.
I know the 3 ton NordicAir ECU pulls right about 10kw on heat mode. If you go in and disable one heat coil on each phase it's around 6kw, so 2 of those would be about perfect (this is just one example; there are other sizes of ECUs that would probably work better)