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I Love it...My current outlet box only has two outlets per phase and wanted to make sure that I had a balanced load, hence looking for a 240 single phase load to wire in for testing, but creativeness reigns supreme. My intentions were to be able to load bank it when I did monthly test runs..Keep...

To aid in troubleshooting, testing and maintaining my MEP 002, I've started buying parts to build a 5 KVA load bank. Spent some time on EBAY this morning and bought a 240VAC Dryer heater tube for a maytag for $32.00, and a 6" 250 cu ft / min vent fan in a 6" tube (120 vac) for $27.00. With...

Right! Some progress. The reason I took off the cover for the fan housing the first time was the star adjuster was frozen, and it was easier to slide the spring down the screw adjuster by unhooking the far end. Also wanted to see whatever mechanics were near the blower wheel. Took Ray's...

I'm hoping to get time to pull the covers off again Saturday morning to double check what I had in my head about how the cable assy was connected and what the limits of adjusting it for the set point with the governor spring lower were. Thank you all so much for your support with this unit! It's...

Interesting! I will take a look at mine again with other than misadjusted / broke in mind if it could be a more generic issue. The adapter / cable end looks pretty simple to fabricate. 10/32 bolt, center drilled for the cable and cross drilled / tapped for a set screw. Thank you very much! I...

Thank you for that. I had made the high speed limit adjust, and know the screw and stop you are talking about. When I adjust the spring lower the problem didn't seem to be the high speed adjust, as the arm wasn't to the stop. It seemed more to be a problem that the Set point adjust could no...

Thank you both for the quickness of your replies and the fantastic information that they contained. I currently only have about 1.5 KW of load to slap on and off the generator, so a full load no load test is a bit tough at the moment though I have started scrounging for failed dryers to take the...

Started on the governor issue. Started by checking and adjusting valve clearances. Pulled the cover...it's like new? Should this be this clean having been run some?? Valves were well out of spec. Set per the manual. Seems to run better...or maybe it's just the placebo effect. Set the min and...

Continuing to check my way through the unit. The load meter is definitely dead. Confirmed by substituting my multimeter. As it's a 0-1 amp I should be able to find a cheap commercial 1 amp meter and calibrate it until I can locate an original replacement. Inspected the lower AC cabinet as a part...

2 sets each of manifold heaters and glow plugs arrived today (already building my spares stores) Replaced the defective glow plug, put it all back together and on second crank it roared into life. Lovely thrum of a low speed diesel. Tweeked the voltage into range. It adjusts, and holds point...

Hello, I'm a newcomer, living in the mountains of Colorado, and with the floods, I'm living in an area mostly cut off. I expect to be thoroughly cut off this winter, with the potential of power cuts to go with it so have forayed into the surplus world to get a generator capable of running 24/7...