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  1. J

    First power outage after MEP purchace= almost fun!

    First power outage with having the 803A in my garage, Friday morning at around 3am we got some wind and rain and boom- no power. Woke up at 5AM, fired up the MEP and did our morning routine flawless and left for work at normal time! 2hp well pump water heater Coffee maker Toaster oven small...
  2. J

    PU798 (MEP-803a & M116A3) Followed me Home!

    I use cheap 2 stroke oil mixed at 100:1 with power service bio cide
  3. J

    Picked up my first MEP803a yesterday

    Great price, around here the reserve is $2K on non-runners, wish I could put up a link to one that sold for $2100 with a rod threw the block
  4. J

    Install 803A in shop 55' away or?

    Cool, a good quality #6 THHN-2 is what I will use- its available at platt locally :) I planned on using #4 to feed the shop (avoiding a second meter fee) as it will be a 36x50 with 8 400w cold start florescent lights, rotary lift, wire feed welder a compressor and a RV bay (that's the 14' one)...
  5. J

    Install 803A in shop 55' away or?

    I just finished my outside 50A plug in for my 803A, was planning on just plugging in the 803 next to the house whenever power outages occur as I built a small ATV trailer for it and its very mobile- now I'm planning on building a pole barn- how much loss can I expect if I install the 803 inside...
  6. J

    New to me PU798A (Mep-803a on a LTT-TQG high mobility)

    even my 2hp well pump pegs my 803 past 100% for a second
  7. J

    My MEP-803a experience

    I kept the trailer for a fuel transport trailer, sold the tires on craigslist for $250 and put on smaller 16" wheels/tires from a stock dodge 2500 ram that lowered it by 4" and it carry's the weight of 2 IBC 275 totes on it quite well. I wired my home for a permeant install outside but I cant...
  8. J

    My MEP-803a experience

    I used my automotive lift to place my 803a into my trucks. never drive the Toyota so I use it as a powered generator dolly :)
  9. J

    My MEP-803a experience

    can the bucket on the BX lift the 802a?
  10. J

    Height of pintle hitch on M116A3 Picking up new Genset Mep-803A

    I have a cummins 2500 sitting on 33's and I still have to flip my adjustable pintle to full rise
  11. J

    Cant get full amount into 803a radiator

    I also only got a tad over a gallon back in, but I notice at every shutdown it pulls from the overfill bottle- so I just fill that bottle after every run and I only have a tad left in the 2nd gallon to go
  12. J

    MEP-803A in storage 14+ years

    Yup, a rule of thumb should be NG=802A and people with electric heat or water heater= 803A as my wood stove is cold by morning so getting ready for work requires 2 space heaters, electric water heater and 2hp well pump that easily puts the 803A over 10kw
  13. J

    My new 803a

    Since I have 400A service I skipped the $$ auto transfer switch, moved everything I needed to one panel and bought a new breaker box cover with the main 200A lockout and added a 50A breaker with #6 wire threw the side of the house to a 50A input. I loaded unneeded items such as dryer, electric...
  14. J

    Another MEP-802A problem child

    sprint purchased radioshack and is converting them into phone stores
  15. J

    New MEP-802a, couple questions....

    speaking about that knob, what does the push-pull function do?
  16. J

    MEP-803a weeping fuel

    seems like the gen sets with a few thousand hours don't weep- wonder if the stale fuel causes it?
  17. J

    CH42 glow plugs

    I keep forgetting to pre heat my 803 and it fires up perfect. At what temperature does pre heat begin to be a good idea?
  18. J

    Won my first MEP-803a

    Hmm, never thought that my MEP may be the source of some wickedly crazy spiders in my garage- I put casters on my 803 and wheeled it under my work bench INSIDE my garage
  19. J

    Won my first MEP-803a

    I jumped both feet in at once on these MEP units and had only a few days to learn everything as my manager submitted my bid for me. (long story as I had 4 I pads in his office refreshing every auction as 6 of them went up at the same time) You will be fine, just get a pintle and a set of mag...
  20. J

    Picked up 6 MEP-802A gensets and will be documenting making them all runners here

    This was all caused by the missing flapper? Yikes!
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