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  1. Triple Jim

    MEP- 002a losing 24v power at start-up?? POWER ISSUE SOLVED!

    This can't be a short circuit problem or he'd either have a breaker tripping or wires burning. It must be an intermittently open circuit or partially open circuit.
  2. Triple Jim

    MEP002A - voltage/hertz issue

    Welcome to the board, mopardude! Frequency depends on engine speed. If it's putting out 50 Hz, it's running at 1,500 rpm instead of the 1,800 it takes for 60 Hz. Solve that problem first and then see what the voltage is doing. Have you adjusted the governor speed with the black knob at the...
  3. Triple Jim

    Terminal Screws for Kraus & Naimer Switches - MEP-803A

    Those screws don't look very corroded... they just look a little discolored. I don't think I'd be concerned about them at all.
  4. Triple Jim

    Steel Soldiers giveaway sponsored by hawkerbattery.com

    Thank you for the opportunity!
  5. Triple Jim

    Smoked brand new diodes - GETT / Applied ECU / 23kw 3 Phase Generator

    The exciter armature and the diodes generate the current for the main generator's rotating field. Those parts make up the rotating assembly. The exciter field is stationary, and the regulator controls the current to it. The exciter's output from its rotating armature and diodes are connected...
  6. Triple Jim

    Smoked brand new diodes - GETT / Applied ECU / 23kw 3 Phase Generator

    Just for reference, what are the part numbers of the diodes?
  7. Triple Jim

    MEP-802A - can this thing function with a 60' exhaust run?

    40 foot long school busses and motor homes often have the exhaust going all the way to the rear. If you choose a pipe diameter like 2" or 2-1/2", I don't think you'd have a problem. As the gasses cool, they take up less volume anyway. But going out the roof and aiming the pipe the way you...
  8. Triple Jim

    mep-002a won't crank. starter bad? solenoid?

    Did you have a chance to test them?
  9. Triple Jim

    mep-002a won't crank. starter bad? solenoid?

    I didn't mean at the posts, I meant on the actual posts themselves. If the battery voltage, measured on the posts, dropped that low, I expect the batteries themselves have a problem, in addition to other possible problems with the system. If the batteries are in good condition and fully...
  10. Triple Jim

    mep-002a won't crank. starter bad? solenoid?

    If this is really true I think you'd have some other symptoms, like smoking battery cables. Did you measure this at the actual battery posts? How about now that you're cleaned the battery connections?
  11. Triple Jim

    MEP 002A BATTERY CHARGER QUESTION

    After a couple hours it will probably come up to 26+ volts, but you should verify that if you want to be sure the charging system is working.
  12. Triple Jim

    MEP 002A BATTERY CHARGER QUESTION

    What's the DC voltage at the output of the regulator with the engine running? Keep in mind that the regulator output is only about 7 amps, so it can take quite a bit of time to bring the battery up to 26+ volts. It's possible that a dirty fuse holder or other problem caused the fuse to get...
  13. Triple Jim

    MEP-002A Not producing power

    Did you touch the meter leads together and read the ohms, then subtract that from the value you got for the transformer windings? Reading very low resistances like you're doing is a little tricky.
  14. Triple Jim

    MEP 805B problems. Will pay for technical help

    If it were mine, I think I'd pull off each plug and spray it and its receptacle with DeoxIT D5 and reconnect.
  15. Triple Jim

    MEP-804a charred wire. No AC

    Something inside the genset. That wire does not carry generator output current to the output lugs.
  16. Triple Jim

    MEP-804a charred wire. No AC

    That's not what I meant at all. I was guessing that the relay unit has an internal problem that shorted AC to ground (as an example), causing that wire to overheat. Wires don't go bad and burn, so that replacing them fixes the problem.
  17. Triple Jim

    MEP-804a charred wire. No AC

    Something that made it carry a lot more current than it was supposed to. No, but fixing the thing that made it carry too much current probably will. That terminal on the relay is marked "AC", which implies that generator output is connected to it so it can sense when the voltage is too high...
  18. Triple Jim

    MEP 002A BATTERY CHARGER QUESTION

    If the capacitor on the barrier strip is shorted it would be shorting the 24v battery to ground, which wouldn't continue for long! It's just for radio noise suppression though, so you can take if out if noise isn't a concern. The fact that your fuse blew most likely means that the regulator...
  19. Triple Jim

    Mep 003 injection issues

    These systems power the glow plugs during cranking, so you're pretty much always using them.
  20. Triple Jim

    MEP 805B problems. Will pay for technical help

    Definitely "turning over" (cranking), and definitely not starting.
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