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Congrats on your new generator, one word of caution on these MEP-016D conversions, don't expect the wiring to be exactly by the book. I own one and have seen a couple of others in person and no two have been done exactly the same. Conversion work ranges from sloppy to very professional (one...

While we are on the topic of fuel tank epoxy coating, if you had a pristine, like new metal fuel tank on your MEP generator would you go ahead and epoxy coat it now? I ask because the MEP-002a I bought last summer form GL came with a brand new fuel tank.

You may have a flaky frequency transponder that connects to the frequency meter, these parts are prone to age related failure, they not only fail, but also tend to read off by as much as 2 or 3 hz before they fail. It is best to confirm correct 60 hz operation with a good multimeter (cheap...

One thing to be aware of regarding interlock kits, they can fail in a non safe condition if the breakers weld themselves closed so that the switch part moves, but it does not break contact. For this reason they are not allowed in all areas, check your local regulations / inspector before buying...

The case sizes have to do with NEC code regulation for wire spacing and bend radius, the cheap Chinese switches likely don't meet code on that and may (probably) have other features that fail to meet code. What size switch are you looking at? I assume your looking at a whole home switch...

Many low-mid quality multimeters have trouble reading frequency correctly on generators, even some high end models are known to have issues. This can be caused by skewed waveform, noise, induction from the other phases, etc.

The most common failure on these Facet pumps is the inline capacitor used to reduce radio interference, if yours is not pumping you might try bypassing the capacitor (if it has one) on the power lead.

If you want a marine quality 24V gauge that fits the hole andreads in numerical volt range for the cost of shipping let me know by PM, I bought a lot of 5 or 6 of them for under $10 total a while back on ebay.

To add to the previous post, check the contacts on the cannon plug where it goes into the control box

1800 RPMS = 60 HZ on a 4 pole generator like these, the onboard frequency meters may be a bit off though, so it is best to adjust using a good multimeter that reads frequency or many of us suggest buying a $20 Kill-A-Watt meter as they will measure both voltage and frequency as well as current...

The instructions that come with it just identify which connector goes to where conceptually (exciter F-,F+, jumpers for frequency and internal or external voltage adjustment and connections for line reference), finding the matching connection points requires reading the schematics on the...

If yours came with batteries dated Dec 2011 I doubt if your will have any issue with fuel going bad in the lines, this typically requires sitting without running for longer periods of time (years), which is doubtful with a 13-14 month old battery. I bought a MEP-002a last summer which I believe...

That depends on if you want to go back to the original shoebox style regulator or replace it with a highly integrated modern unit that is about the size of a pack of playing cards. I know there was an ebay seller that was selling new original replacement voltage regulators of fairly recent...

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I have to wonder what happens if fault conditions were to arise on either generator, say low oil pressure shut down or voltage regulator becoming unstable (high or low).

Why 12 gallon, connect a 55 gallon drum to the aux fuel connector and get some real run time.

Sorry you are right there a total of 4 knobs on the front panel, from left to right, voltage meter selector, voltage adjustment, amp meter selector and the start/stop/run knob. Either way the question of the meter selectors will depend on what position you have the output selector knob inside...

I am glad to see you have it going, hopefully it will clear up and run after you put a little load on it and get the gunk burned out. If not you may need to adjust the valves.

The knobs you have are voltage adjustment knob used for fine tuning the output voltage level, and current selector which selects which line reference is shown on the single amp meter. For the voltage I would suggest using a good multimeter and fine tune for around 120V Line to neutral or a...

Sound like you may have a problem with the voltage regulator, there should be a test procedure in one of the manuals for manually flashing the fields and seeing if you get a spike of voltage.