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Confirmed, all markings on this engine are Lister Petter, no Onan marks anywhere. Gen is a 7/11 build. My next newest unit is a 12/09 build and it has Onan markings. Sidenote, but the fuel hose quality on these newer machines is terrible. The 2011 with 207 hrs was the worst, every line...

I thought about those numbers and realized what a tremendous amount of power you generated. At those load levels, 200 gallons burned would have generated 1700-1800 kWh of electricity in ~11 days of runtime. That is over 2 months worth of electricity for an average house in my area! :oops:

Good update

Is your Dead Crank Switch in the "Normal" position before you move the master switch to "Prime and Run"?

Nice report. Any more detail on the smaller gens that died? Did they belong to people in your group? Were they 3600 rpm open frame generators? How did they die?

Thanks, I'm excited to get this one running. It's very clean, 100% complete, newer model, and only 200 hrs. Only thing I see wrong is the IP feed lines are falling apart, which is odd, but easy to fix.

I thought it was curious. All my other units have "Onan" casted into the valve covers. I was surprised to see it branded Lister, even though it is. When did production of the 802 and 803s end? Maybe they ran short of Onan branded parts and said screw it, and finished production with Lister...

3600 rpm, open frame, box store generators are all terrible. This was a Honda-built unit I tested. I doubt off-brand is better.

Popped the top on my newest auction win and found something out of the ordinary. Mid-2011 build

Just do it. :LOL:

Back in the day, I built large parade floats. The artistic parts were made of fabric foam, cloth, and spray foam. The mice loved that stuff for nest building. We used dryer sheets to keep them away and never had a problem afterwards. I never understood the sciemce behind it, but it did work...

My local utility power was more distorted than what my 802a was producing. I consider the TQGs to be "clean" power.

Okay, I can do that with mine. Thanks!

How did you calculate THD with that scope? I have a Rigol DS1054Z and I think the only good way to do it is export the raw data.

Thanks for the data points! I've been wanting to revisit this and quantify the THD, so you are saving me a lot of effort. Here a comparison to some other generators and inverters I did previously: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/mep-802a-power-quality-with-oscilloscope-pics.190724/

If you have everything wired up correctly and it trips the overload after a min or so, it is likely the contacts in S6 or S8 are dirty. Buy a spray can of Deoxit D5 and thoroughly clean out those 2 switches to start with.

1/2 NPT to barb fitting. Available at any hardware store.

It will fit and payload will be fine. The loader will need longer than std forks or you should remove your tailgate for loading. How you planning to get it out?

8 for a 802a 4 for a 803a When looking at the CT, remember there are multiple conductors. I think it was 2 each.

All true, but this requires equipment to have 3-phase motors and most residential A/Cs have single phase motors. You could swap the condensor fan easily, but the compressor is still single phase. Newer, high SEER, A/Cs are already inverter driven. (Which is great)