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There are some interesting meter base transfer switches available on the market (some manual, some automatic, some attach between the existing meter and base, others provide a base) , these replace your normal meter base and provide a place to plug in a 50 amp RV style power cable, which might...

Harbor Freight sells Cutler Hammer brand 100 and 200 amp transfer switches for a lot lower price than anyone else advertises the same switch. At the moment they are listed for $299 and $399, but they are known to go on sale from time to time. Ebay often has deals, particularly on used transfer...

#8 is going to be marginal, as to the 200 amp transfer do you have a 200 amp service to the house and plan to transfer the whole load then manually manage what you have turned on? If so you may want to check out Harbor Freight they often have a very good price (depending on sales) for a 200 amp...

In your installation I think you are planning to connect the generator to the house with removable SO cord, think about Speddmon's above example, but when you are just test running the generator without the house load connected. It just makes safety sense to have the ground rod as close as...

On the whole switched neutral question, there area couple of schools of thought, each one has points. One of the big ones has to do with switching a live load and having flexure in the switch contacts particularly on a non spring loaded standard (not quick) knife switch that might allow the...

Remember I am not a professional, but based on my understanding of the NEC it looks like you have a switched neutral at the transfer switch, so you would be under the rules for a separately derived source. So it looks like grounding and bonding needs to be done at the generator in your case...

What kind of transfer switch do you have?

To clarify what was mentioned before, the NEC can consider a generator as a separately derived source, but does not always consider it one. It depends on the type of transfer switch used. Most consumer transfer switches do not transfer the neutral and therefore do not count under the...

I would suggest simply back tracing the wires from the outlet, many of these surplus generators don't have the outlets wired per the manual. It also does not help that a recent directive instructs that they be upgraded to GFCI outlets when rebuilt if being returned to service. Ike

I would tend to say any modern good quality brand name oil in the correct weight range will work (SAE 30, 10W30, etc.). You will find people taking strong positions for or against synthetic oils. More important than choice of oil is maintaining the oil, change it often, and make sure it gets...

The fuel pump would be a reasonable thing to check, mine uses a mechanical fuel pump for the engine, and an electric one for the external transfer tank, it sounds like yours uses electric pumps for both. If they are the same as my electric pump they have a removable base and a strainer inside...

Yes, the Yanmar's do have pull starts (they are also somewhat lighter, around 40 or 50 pounds, which is reflected on the MEP-016E retrofit data plate) , on a related note as far as I know the tech manuals for the MEP-016E Yanmar retrofits have not been released to the public, however I recall...

I have never seen an Onan diesel with a pull start. Here is a link to photos of the Onan Q106D http://www.kenneke.com/onanengineimagesmall.JPG

The Onan powered MEP-016B does not have a pull start, unless it was a MEP-016B that was retrofitted to being a MEP-016E with a Yanmar engine and someone did not replace the data plate. However it will start on a pair of cheap $20 12 volt lawn tractor batteries wired in series to get 24 volts...

It seems the easy solution would be to carry a couple of thick planks to back the truck onto. Ike

It would help to know more about the type of equipment this is. Right now we know it needs 60 amps per phase when running at full load, but there are a lot of other factors to consider. For example if this has one large electrical motor that starts under load like for a compressor it will have...

As long as you keep the moisture out Diesel can last a long time. Over on the smokstak in the generator section there are a couple of members that have stories of successfully using VERY old diesel fuel (one with drums left over from WW2 in Alaska, another supports a site that last filled their...

Remember these pumps are timed by using the right size timing button, if you have to buy a new pump try to get one that needs the same size button as your current pump. The buttons are not cheap, I think around $75. see this link from the ambac web page...

Looks good, here are a couple of tweak suggestions: Mention the output voltages are switch selectable Label the 240V 3 wire output a 120/240V 3 wire to not be confused with 240V delta 3 phase 3 wire Similarly mark 208V as 120/208V 3 phase Include frequency tolerance % since you have...

The Fluke 337 is a nice meter, I have been looking for a deal on one on ebay for a while now I bought a problematic Fluke 1507 insulation tester off ebay a couple of months ago for a really good price, the only problem turned out to be a oddly bad fuse (it had high enough resistance that the...