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My 003a runs my 5 ton ac without any trouble while having a reasonable background load. While I wouldn't put my two electric ovens and dryers on at the same time it works just fine. When the AC isn't on I have turned on nearly everything else at once and it just chugged along. I certainly...

A light would be a good idea. I have just been flipping the top cover up and standing off to the side so I can see in. Once I see it's up to pressure I release the switch.

Looks good. Is there anything in NEC code not allowing a so called "commercial/industrial" plug to be used in a residential setting? That's one reason why I ensured I followed code but didn't bother with an inspector. I don't know our local inspector but I wasn't going to put something lessor...

Nice, it's similar to what I did. I love it because I can keep it in the garage and it is pretty easy to roll out when I want to use it. One thing you might want to consider is your wheels don't appear to have brakes. Brakes would really help it stay still when it's running. In contrast I used...

I have a Hubbell 100A reverse service plug on my house and a mating connector on the generator. I have a 200A transfer switch upstream of my main panel to allow for switching from grid power to back up power. 1awg THHN cable is run in conduit from the reverse service plug to the transfer...

Great info about the old frequency transducer. I would love to know what component fails in these, mine is not very old. It went through a tier two reset in 07 and it only has about 25 hours on it at this point. It appears that everything in the control box was replaced, so I'm confident this...

The frequency gauge is basically plug and play. The dual voltage/current gauge is slightly more complicated but not hard. You need to take off four bolts to remove the top of the output box and remove the cables going to L1 and L3 to put the current transducer coils on then hook the output...

I bought the gauge kit from Jim after my frequency transducer went out. They look pretty good too! I love the extra information it gives me about load balancing. It was a good excuse to also put in the new panel I've had sitting on the shelf for a few months. I also did a few upgrades that I...

This is a little bit of a side note regarding filters. Something to consider with filters is to put one rated for something like 10-20 micron first, followed by a smaller particle size rating. On mine I have a 30 micron filter/seperator on the inlet from the aux tank to grab any large...

This was the thread that I asked the hole spacing and dimension information so I could have the wood and wheels ready to bolt on before going to pick up the gen set. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?106299-MEP-003A-Skid-Measurements&p=1351002#post1351002 I just bolted it on when...

Yea, I know it will be difficult reduce the output by 6-10dB. I like to set lofty goals. :) I still have a feeling that most of the noise that I'm hearing now is exhaust and cooling air related. I know I can improve the exhaust acoustics quite a bit. The cooling air would require a box with...

I put mine on 8" casters using the factory holes in the skids to bolt some pressure treated 2x8 and then bolt the casters to the wood as close a possible to the skid. . I bought the casters from grizzley. It works great, I can roll it around without a problem on concrete. Casters...

I made a number of improvements to the ASK on mine before installing it. There were really a lot of weak spots. Sometime I'll put up a post about what I did, but I can say it works very well. Since I put mine on casters, a big weak spot was the amount of sound coming out of the bottom. I...

Thanks for posting those. You gave us a lot of great info about your auto-start set up. It's really awesome to see new custom controllers for an old gen set like this! I think my 003A came from the same tier two reset group as yours. Mine was also rebuilt in 2006 and it's desert tan...

I'm pretty sure it's just controlled by closing a NO switch. You could have a switch on the unit for it to auto start, you could have one in the house, or you could wire it to an auto transfer switch. One button can start it instead of having to go through the whole sequence. I could see this...