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    guidance needed to parallel 2 drash gen sets together

    My concern would be that you would still take the same amount of time to open the fuel actuators if they are in single or parallel mode...and still get the same results.... Now if you had a way to pre-open the actuators...maybe a resistive loadbank to preload the engine then disengage that as...
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    guidance needed to parallel 2 drash gen sets together

    If you parallel the two gens you will not decrease the response time of the fuel actuators..you will likely have a bigger generator that still does not respond quickly enough...what happens with just one gen? Does it pop the main breaker? FYI, those gens use a parallel cable and a distribution...
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    WWII Arc Light searchlight info needed

    Cool project...who made it? GE?? I found this: TM 5-7040 Technical Manual Operator's Manual and Parts and Price Lists, Model 1941A, 60-inch Antiaircraft Searchlight and Control Station (Manufactured by General Electric, Schenectady), 354 pages. PB 81479 - BSIR 8(5):412; 01/30/48 TM 5-7044...
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    gen set synchronizer

    So true, in Germany that is your phase to neutral voltage..you have a manly voltage and a not so good frequency..:) Here in the colonies we have a not so good voltage with a great frequency (120V 60Hz) (Yes I know there is 240V in the US but that is formed by 2 x 120v, 180 degrees apart with a...
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    gen set synchronizer

    You are quoting peak vs RMS...most voltmeters read RMS. (cheap ones read peak and convert to RMS)....I can accept 240v if they are 180 degrees out of phase:)
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    gen set synchronizer

    A genset synchro can be as simple as an AC bulb that is connected between the phase 1 of each generator. When the engines are out of phase then there will be a voltage difference (up to 208v), current will flow and the bulb is lit. when the bulb goes out then the phases are 0v apart and the gens...
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    I'd like to find a TM for HDT 90000 btu heater

    It is a 24VDC battery by the way in the larger BTU models...smaller ones have 2 x 12V batteries in them.. So?? Did you buy the SHC?? Enquiring minds need to now...
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    I'd like to find a TM for HDT 90000 btu heater

    The auction is for an SHC...Space Heater Convective...They are self powered...You have an onboard battery that you charge before deployment...when in the field the battery starts the fuel pump and the fan...once the flame is established the heat is blown into the space by the fan...On the way...
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    Photos of combustion chambers & injectors from 2 engines running WMO

    Activated charcoal and date palm kernel powder? http://www.jocet.org/papers/016-J30012.pdf
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    Drash/GET Perkins 20KW no fuel problem

    DRASH is an acronym for Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter and for some reason the Gov auction sites are calling all trailers DRASH...regardless of maker... Yours was fielded by GD as part of the Marine Corp COC program and would have had a Base-X shelter with it when new... If you are looking...
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    Drash/GET Perkins 20KW no fuel problem

    That is not a DRASH... It looks like a General Dynamics C4s trailer...definitely not DRASH though...any data plates on it? Is the ECU made by Applied? If so it is GD... Glad you got her runnin'...
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    Should a MEP003 run a 5ton ECU on the heat side?

    Depends on the 5-ton ECU.. If you are only pulling 50% of your available 10kW in cool mode then your 5 ton is not working or the gauge is not accurate. A 5ton mil ECU in cool mode should be in the 8kW range (plus or minus a little) depending on ambient. Going back to the heat question, what...
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    Allied Companies (General Dynamics) 20kw Drash Auto Start?

    Hi Rick, hope you are well... Couple things you might want to consider.. You do not want to lose the protection of the main output breaker and you also do not want to start the generator under a load so...the breaker has to be open when the engine is starting and then bring itself online when...
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    Utilis SM-5 16' x 8', I'm Confused.

    Looks cool...any hanging points inside for extension cords or lights? ... Cheers Poccur
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    Utilis SM-5 16' x 8', I'm Confused.

    No that is a Base-X 203...
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    need advice with FDECU 5

    Pretty sure the manual says you need a 60 amp power cord...not that it will need 60 amps in general...now you may get a spike when the compressor fires but it will be momentary... Unless you have a super high-speed amp meter it will likely miss a spike but you should be able to measure the...
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    need advice with FDECU 5

    Do you have an amp clamp? Measure the amp draw?
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    need advice with FDECU 5

    Nicely done...congrats... What are you going to cool with it?
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    need advice with FDECU 5

    Yeh, your 10kW may have pooped himself a little....
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