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Wow, air 92 degrees, dewpoint 66 here. I'd say it's unusual for MA to be hotter than NC.

The engine is air cooled, and designed to run around 1,800 RPM. Running it slower definitely risks overheating because of the slow turning fan. I'm not saying you'll definitely have a problem, because the cooling system has extra capacity in most conditions, but you should probably monitor the...

Cool about the woman. Language and dialects are fascinating. I've known a couple German born people here who sounded only slightly different from locals. Sometimes it gets so close that you can't be sure it it's because the person isn't a native, or just speaks a little differently. End of...

No problem at all, I just wondered which you were recommending. It must be very interesting to spend years in a country where you speak your native language so little. I'm used to talking to people in the US who moved here from non-English speaking countries, but not the other way around.

Guyfang, you're referring to non-corrosive soldering flux when you say "solder paste", correct? Or do you mean solder paste that's ground up solder, mixed with non-corrosive flux?

A good amount of hope really helps when computers and the Internet are concerned. :)

It's very unlikely that the range would overheat, or that its load is anything but a nice, resistive one. In fact, a range should make a very good load bank.

I didn't find that to be the case, but I'm sure every installation is different. I actually extended my antenna with some RG-58 coax. There's a sensitivity adjustment inside the housing, but they don't tell you about it.

You could keep a Kleenex in your pocket, and jam a couple balls of it in your ears when the alarm goes off. :)

Just don't be near it when it alarms, it'll bust your eardrums.

The Reliance Controls Corporation THP108 POWER BACK Mains Return Alarm works well. https://www.amazon.com/Reliance-Controls-Corporation-THP108-Return/dp/B003KREORA It has an antenna wire that needs to be wrapped around any lead on the supply side of the main breaker, if you can get to one...

It sounds like the PTO generators were designed for 1000 RPM PTOs. Like you, my Ford 4000 doesn't have that option, only 540.

Imagine my surprise the first time I was out and drove back into the driveway, and heard the generator running. :)

I'm lucky that my wife understood why I bought an 003A, and learned how to operate it in case I'm not around.

I owned my 003A for a year or two before I noticed it on the schematic. Apparently this prechamber type diesel, like most/all, will not start without the glow plugs. Or at least it would be very difficult to start.

Interestingly, the glow plugs and air heaters are active during cranking on the 002A and 003A. This means that if you start cranking without any preheat and it starts in 20 seconds, you preheated for 20 seconds before it would start.

Are you talking about the meter switch? Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but it can't disconnect the load. Of course you don't want to move the big reconnect switch under load. Jimbo, I find that my 003A starts with much less drama if I use preheat for 20 or 30 seconds in the summer and more like...

I would get a manometer on it and see what's really happening before I assumed anything. If I take off the oil filler cap on a single cylinder Briggs and Stratton engine, oil and vapor will come flying out and go all over the place because of the crankcase pumping, yet the engine is in perfect...

I would expect a 2-cylinder to do that even if everything is working perfectly. Even with the crankcase averaging a vacuum, there's going to be a large amount of pulsing of pressure from the pistons going up and down together.

I don't mean to insult you, but what is the symptom of the high blowby? This is a 2-cylinder engine with both pistons moving up and down together, so there will be a lot of crankcase pressure pulsing, compared to a 4-cylinder with very little. I'm asking because the engine starts easily and...