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Thanks for comments on the load bank... Im not an electrician, and probably shouldn't be "playing" with generators but I want to get familiar with electricity in general, hopefully i don't get "too" familiar with it :-).. sewerzuk - my phases are too imbalanced and after reading your last post...

I thought it would be be faster if i swapped out some of the 3,800w heaters with 5,500w heaters. So I changed 4 of them. 5,500w x 4=22,000w and 3,800w x4 = 15,200 for a total of 37,200w. That is more than 110% so I may disconnect one 3,800w heater to get to the 110% (~33,000kw). I replaced 4...

Amps draw of L1,L2 and L3 all 8 elemets running @ 208v MEP-005a Running 75% Load after 2 hours less exhaust smoke http://youtu.be/58RU3ZlgfJc MEP-005a 75% Load On, then Off, Then back on http://youtu.be/gFrosn-NWTI

Thanks or all of the great comments, sorry for taking so long to get back on here. 1800 Diesel - I was running straight diesel, so I added 100 gallons worth (whole bottle) of Lucas Diesel fuel system cleaner to a full tank. Harleyd315 – I do have some tar dip marks coming from the...

Thank you for all of the great replys. I was going to tinker with the generator today but got called away just after I fired it up. I poured a bottle of some Lucas Diesel fuel cleaner in to the tank, Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to let it run for several hours. sewerzuk, Good eye.... I...

Hi, I got around to getting a home made load bank setup with some parts that were laying around. I have eight 240v 1ph 3,800watt water heater elements. I have 4 breakers wired to a pair of elements, so one of the legs is a little lighter than the other two. When we ran the engine unloaded it...