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There are other differences in the military ratings vs. civilian ratings: Civ sets tend to be rated at 80 degrees F must be derated over this Military tend to be rated at 100 - 120 degrees F Civ sets must be derated if operated over 1,000 (NA) - 5,000 ft (turbo) altitude Military at least...

Speddmon, this may be getting a bit off topic, but Onan did make a 3.5 inch bore J series diesel engine in their civilian models, the 17.5RDJF, the big difference between this and the MEP-003a engine is the RDJF is a water cooled block. Ike

As I see it the need for proper spare backup generator is important regardless of the vintage of the primary generator as during a real disaster parts are likely equally unavailable for both new and old generators. Ike

rat4spd, there are some good commercial units out there that do stack up well against these MEP-002, and 003's, one that comes to mind is the older Onan J series which shares the same basic engine block with the 002/003, specifically the RDJF (radiator cooled version of the same block as the...

Whole long debates can be made on best fuel source for a home backup generator Gasoline, does not store well, can be in short supply when needed, but gasoline generators are cheap. Natural Gas, is easy, no storage concern does not tend to go out except in major natural disasters Propane...

I have to partly disagree with Joe about being able to find a comparable civilian generator for a couple of hundred dollars more than MEP-002 or 003's are selling for. A modern comparable commercial 1800 rpm diesel generator would be about 1/3 higher KW rating due to the conservative nature of...

What is the serial number?

Here in DeRidder, LA our local airport was originally a WW2 bomber training base (B-25's mostly I remember there were a handful of them still sitting there until about 1975-1980), of the original buildings only the main hanger is left. The others being slowly demolished, used by the local fire...

There once was a blimp base on the south side of Houston, I don't think any major structures survive there now, the last I heard the concrete runway areas were being used by the city as a police driving training course. Ike

There has been a lot of talk over on the smokstak board about cold starting in the Onan DJ series generators lately, much of it in very cold high desert and extreme northern locations. (The MEP-002 and 003 use a militarized version of the DJC/DJF Onan engine). The short version is these...

I can't add much here, I bought a small commercial steam cleaner a few years ago, and strongly considered a unit made by American Kleaner, they make top of the line high quality units, I ended up opting for a slightly lower quality, but much cheaper unit made by one of their main competitors. Ike

I guess it just depends on what you need in a major power outage (not counting when the power is out for a couple of hours due to a drunk driver hitting a pole), for me any long outage is going to likely be the result of a hurricane (I am 90 miles inland on the evacuation route, so even when we...

One more thought, if the 003 uses the same style electric fuel pump as my 016B, these pumps have a removable washable filter screen element that seems to be left out of the normal PM schedules (twist lock bottom, may have a place to use a wrench on the bottom, catch all the bits that fall out)...

I am not sure what type fuel filter the MEP-003 uses, however I would suggest checking it before trying to fire it up. I bought a diesel powered air compressor from GL a couple of years ago, the fuel filter was completely waterlogged and had been that way long enough for the paper element to...

If it has not ran since changing the filters, is it possible you have air in the lines and need to bleed the injectors? Ike

I guess it depends on which version of the MEP-016 your looking for, as there are 5 or 6 depending on how you count them, I have seen all for sale on GL with out trailers, in fact most I have seen listed were without trailer, probably due to their relatively light weight 300-525 pounds depending...

Speddmon: I agree the wording could have been better, but I was in a rush to type it before leaving the house. Rmgill: There was a rather long message thread over at smokstak about the Niagra 25 hz grid last winter, as I recall it was finally shut down a couple of years ago. Ike

It sounds to me like the big question mark on your power demands is going to be the electric? water heater. Briefly looking online they seem to be offered in both 120V and 240V models with power consumption between 1500 watts and 4000 watts on a fast recovery unit. Hopefully yours is a 120V...

I am not saying my luck is typical, but I have bought 3 generators from GL. A low hour 125KW Onan Civilian model for work, $4,000 needed simple repair to get running (replaced engine control circuit board $300 , and clean some ground points) typical cost for same model in similar condition...

If your having to ask the 60 Hz question, then there are a lot of information you need and decisions you need to make before shopping for a generator particularly a military surplus unit with limited parts availability and no commercial service support. What fuel is best in your situation (most...