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I am considering #8 awg wire and 5 volts would be more than enough . just didn't know if it would hurt the genetator

will it hurt my mep802a if I up the voltage output at the generator to compensate for voltage drop between the gen and my house panel. 150' or so

thanks, the last thing I want is to burn down my house or fry due to a dangerous hook up

thanks, I am not an electrician. am in the process of hooking up my new mep802a to my house panel and want to have it portable so I can use it elsewhere on my property. I want to make it as safe as possible

I follow your installation but I have reservations if it applies to a receptacle attached generator. I would think that the receptacle when unplugged breaks the neutral and ground path from the source just like a transfer switch that breaks the neutral connection. this would make it a...

I follow your home hook up and believe it follows NEC guidelines. it at one time was accepted practice to use feeders to out buildings that were without equipment grounds. these installations relied on a main bonding jumper and grounding electrode to be installed at each building. the...

as I understand a lot of generator connections are by extension cords. where should the main bonding jumper be located when your generator is connected to your house panel by a cord attached receptacle connection . leaving the main bonding jumper on the gen will allow a parallel path if a...

is your connection to the breaker on your house panel through a 30 amp 4 wire receptacle which is connected to the generator via your 10/3 with ground cord ? this would rely on the house panel to bond the generator neutral and frame. If you started the generator to use the gfci receptacle on...

if your system main bonding jumper, connection of grounded conductor with grounding conductor, is located in your house service panel, first means of disconnect, why can't your power supply from the generator use 3 conductors, two hots and a neutral similar to the utility feeder that attaches...

my only experience with blow by is with my unit. amazing how a nearly invisible oil mist looks like a major oil leak after a couple hours of run time. funny how the battery was clean but sat in a puddle of oil. check your oil level, I found that filling to the max exacerbated the problem

be careful to remove all shop rags, paper towels etc. my mistake was leaving a small rag just outside the open door to the engine compartment. when I started the unit the fan sucked it in and it got caught in and shredded the fan belt. good luck on finding the leak

just a thought. could be blow by coming out of the dip stick hole

fluids changed twice, contact cleaner and wiring harness check done, seafoam in fuel tank and associated running of unit complete, inspection of engine mounts done, load tested at 100% for 3 , two hour sessions, minimal fumes seen from exhaust if you really look hard from different angles...

thank you all. I am just paranoid about hurting my baby, she's my first diesel and I want to treat her right

i read many posts of gens running way over 100% of their rated load in an attempt to cure wet stacking issues. the electrical end is protected by overload protection but not so for the diesel. can you break the diesel end by this practice

looks like I cause rather than fix problems. a slight over fill and 5w40 verses 15w40 caused blow by. I changed the oll back to 15w40 and was careful not to overfill it and presto blow by by issue solved. thanks all for the help. SPOKE TO SOON. Sadly the blow by is still there. ran the...

everything looked fine. gen ran and held a 100% load for 2 hours. so I changed the oil, used 5w40 as if is cold here in virginia. ran the engine with new oil and decided to check for blow by by removing the oil dipstick. mist and oil spray came out of the tube. I had done this check before...

my comparison was based on how my 5kw honda inverter / generator ran. I know now these are two very different animals

thank you all. This is my first diesel with nothing to compare it to. I guess I am just a Nervious Nelly. I best leave well enough alone

thanks, took temp readings on the exhaust manifolds. only 1 or 2 degrees different. I guess everything is in order. Will start to look elsewhere to find whats causing the vibrations