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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...
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)...
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...
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...
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
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
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...
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
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...
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