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I've been bitten by this one too - trying to start up the 002A during a power outage in a snowstorm. Batteries were at ambient outdoor temperature, and they're smallish, hadn't been topped up recently. Solution was to take them into the garage and hit them with the charger running off the...

Word on the farm was that those 305 V6s were famous fuel suckers...

I'm usually one to talk trash about asbestos paranoia and lawyers, but this is probably the nasty stuff -friable and up near your face. Please use appropriate protection - it's just about as bad as stuff you can catch from not using the other sort of protection... I'd probably set up the...

One NB on the muriatic (hydrochloric) acid. If you insist on using the stuff, be sure to soak the part in a weaker organic acid or a base afterward to get rid of the chlorine free radicals that will want to eat your parts forever. My personal favorite is phosphoric acid (metal prep, OsPho)...

Allowing for resistance going up as the element gets hot, the above two posts bracket the answer nicely. Re the: resistors are bad because CUCVs use them comment, Isn't that a single resistor to a common power rail for all the plugs? Yes, that's a bad idea. What you want to do is have one...

I thought about (and suggested) putting the two 12v glow plugs in series at one point, but the more I think about it, the more I think it's a bad idea: no fault tolerance. With two plugs in series, if either burns out, an MEP-002A now has no working glow plugs. My set, at least, insists on...

If CH42s get hard enough to find, you have a ready market in selling CH41s with a dropping resistor. Heck, you might anyway if they're cheap enough. I'd be willing to take a pair for the shelf given how hard the CH42s are. This presumes, of course, that they fit the civilian DJE sets so...

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FWIW, I have experienced this problem on my 002 as well. It's not exactly a surprising problem with screw terminals exposed to temperature and humidity extremes. I would recommend that anybody try going over all the screw terminals first before doing more elaborate diagnostics for a flaky...

Luckily, there's rising awareness that a) ethanol in gasoline is nothing but a sop to corn farmers, and b) that it's bad for anything that isn't fuel injected. Depending on your local environmental regulations, you may be able to fill up with no-ethanol mogas at the pump. It's gotten steadily...

At the risk of sounding like a fossil, the only splices I really like carrying lots of amps tend to be soldered lineman splices. Yes, there's the possibility of enough resistive heating to cause thermal stress failure of the solder, but the joint is very strong (stronger than the wire, says...

Every joint between conductors is a possibility of resistive heating or arcing. Yes, it's allowed, and yes I've done it. But, particularly when carrying a generator's whole output into a panel, I tend toward conservatism, and would have done as you did.

Why do you even want 12V? 24V trucks start easier. All the wiring can be half as thick. If you just have 12V accessories you want to power, then run a power converter or redneck it up with a dropping resistor appropriate for the load. It's not like 24 volt electrical components are hard to...

The 002 and 003 sets without ASK are loud. They're above 90 dB at 2 meters. If you don't think they're loud, you need to talk to a licensed audiologist. That said, they're not noisy. The firing noise is a 30 Hz hum (60 Hz on 003), and there's blower roar, fin ring, and mechanical sounds...

That's a handsome set. I don't know what I'd do with 25 KVA of generating capacity, but if you have a use, I think you got a great deal. It looks like an utter creampuff. I wonder why 32V? Delco-Lights are the only things I can think of that run at that. Maybe it was built to be compatible...

You can use SO cord in combination with 'distribution boxes' to create a temporary wiring system connected to the generator's main output lugs. You'll want to ground the generator frame and leave the neutral bonded to the generator frame. In this sort of 'temporary installation,' you're...

That is just its way of telling you that it doesn't like pallets... Seriously, though, getting shims under the ends of the skid to equalize weight distribution along with some tire carcass or cow mat pucks for damping should put that problem to rest.

My 002 came sans trailer. They come with a lifting eye at cg, so getting it on my single-axle utility trailer for the trip home was a matter of hooking a lift chain through the eye and then hanging it on a fork and lowering it onto the bed. Getting it off the trailer at home was easier: mount...

The one thing I would add is that the 002 and 003 sets have an amazing surge capacity. Barring heavy motor-driven shop equipment, one of these sets can start any load it has the continuous power to run. There is also a signifcant short-term overload capacity, which gives you time to look at the...

The 802/803 is much more complicated than the 002/003. Its also quieter and more fuel efficient. A little smaller and lighter. Because it is a much newer design, parts are easier to come by. But then it has a lot more parts to begin with. If an 802 falls into my lap at the right price, I will...