Recent content by CrzyDave

Haha. But it works now. I plan to clean it up, but the focus was on getting a backup genset going. The electric company finally fixed my underground short and the hurricane missed us, so I probably won't need it for awhile. Hope you didn't get flooded out down there Jim. Dave

Here is where I mounted mine. Videos aren't working with photobucket. Anyone know a good host? If not, I'll take more still shots. This pic is about worthless for wiring details.

I will get the pics and video up. It isn't necessary to gut anything like I said before. You can leave everything hooked up except a couple wires to the field excitation.

As far as I can tell, 3 phase will still work too. I'll test it soon.

It's fixed!!!!!! I will post a pic later. You can leave all old parts intact. It just requires two wires to the field terminals, and two wires to get L1 and L3 wherever. I landed mine on the reconnection switch. I mounted the new regulator in the ac output box. Literally 4 wires. No...

I just ordered my sx460. I was discussing field flashing with tech support at Flight Systems. He was saying that it is probably a good idea to keep it hooked up, but to use a diode on the output of the regulators F+ and on the generators field flash circuit so as not to back feed either...

I plan to keep my ac output box, the voltage selector switch and all for now. I will just remove the knob. I just need to get this thing back up and running. I am concerned about if and how this will flash the field, but I can do something with the existing start switch flashing circuit if...

Basically your hooking it up to only be 240 VAC. You won't have three phase anymore. All details here: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?109940-Civilizing-the-MEP-002A

The diode board, the voltage/phase selector switch, cvt-1, reactor, and it would make t-1 and t-2, and the current transducer for the amp gauge of no further value. I think I'll just get some little ct's and some 4-20mA gauges for current draw. Seems like it will be a fun project. I was...

Haha. I got it out and the windings are fried. The potted side of transformer is all burned up, swollen and cracked by the iris marked "C". I will see what a new one costs tomorrow. Might be easier to do the Flight Systems regulator if this cost much at all. After all this I'm not a big...

Ok. I just pulled the whole output box and am bringing it in in bench. I was going to pull the selector switch, ct1 and cvt1, to try this. Maybe I can do it in place, but it's tight. Either way, it will be easier on the bench.

Wow I don't know. I guess I need to pull the whole thing anyway. Worth a try. Could be in the winding though, not just the internal wire to the terminal

Ok I think I found the problem. Upon testing coils in CVT1 I found no continuity between H5 and H6. ( terminals for wires x38a16 and x11d16). This seems like it would could cause these issues. It looks like a pain to change out! This is where the mouse nest was sitting so I imagine their...

I appreciate the offer. I appreciate the help. Hopefully it won't be anything big. I'll figure it out yet. The power company has our property on a temporary feed luckily. We have a very long lane and the underground power line shorted. Then of course the generator broke.

It's not that, I have 10.1 ohms there. I had to go by wire number shown in the chart. I will just have to probe everything I that circuit. Thanks for the help.