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Ahab - I guess it depends on whether or not I remember to flip all the right switches. Currently no provision to stop generator from going live without first eliminating mains power. Transfer switch is going to be a purchase in the VERY near future

Finally had a chance to go thru and figure out exactly what was going on in the output box. I owe an apology to you guys - there was indeed two leads in each hole. That said, I also verified without a doubt that there wasn't enough wire to do 8 wraps thru each hole. I added almost 11 feet of...

ok so here's an update on my 002 - had a chance to tinker over the last few days. I pulled the tank and cleaned it. Not perfect, but I can see metal instead of rust on most surfaces. Fuel pump filters cleaned, oil changed, diesel kleen and killem biocide added to fuel. I don't know what the...

Never mind, it's late - you spec'd 002. Your load meter reads correct? If so, who made your set?

Looks like 1 wire per hole wrapped 4 times in each hole. 10k set?

In the first wrap it looks like the same number on at least five wraps, which implies it's 8 wraps of one lead. I've got three hours in the truck tomorrow. Methinks if I can convince my cohort to drive it's time to read the TM. BTW: thanks for the pic.

OK - so I had about an hour before wife got home and I had to take off again, so I went out and cut all the wire ties and started pushing wires to the side to figure out what went where. Photo attached of one of the CT/CVT holes - it's ONE lead wrapped FOUR times thru the hole. The other two...

so I go thru each hole four more times for a total of 8 wraps per hole?

Still unclear as to what I need to do in order to make it a 5kw. If somebody (jamawieb?) could post a 5k pic that would be awesome! Thanks in advance...

So if 5kw has 4 wraps not 8, and 10kw has 2 wraps not 4..... Lets start at the beginning. I have a terminal box that is a known swap. Pic attached (yes I gave up and snapped a pic) shows what looks like one lead wrapped thru each of the three holes in the current transformer 4 times, for a...

I just went to grab a few things out of the barn and decided that pulling the cover couldn't wait. No phone in my pocket so no pic, but I definitely don't have enough wire to add 4 wraps to each line. By the looks of things it's only three leads rather than all 12, so it wouldn't be as much of...

Nah - I'm the same guy that bought a $10 toy for the girl at the local scratch & dent store and proceeded to spend almost 3 hours taking it apart and resoldering wires thanks to an assembly error rather than return it. It's the OCD - sometimes the urge to make something work overcomes common...

GREENMV - I'll let you know once I get the cover off. If it looks like it's going to be a major pain in the butt I might take you up on that trade. Fair warning though - mine's a green box that was painted tan at one point, and tan is flaking. Front cover is original green, and was brush...

got it! Thanks again for the info

8 wires thru each hole - got it. Here's to hoping there's enough wire in the box to do that, and that I can get to all the terminals on the reconnection switch without taking the whole works apart. I was eventually gonna pull the fuel tank and clean it out, maybe pulling the reconnect switch...

load meter - the box HAS been swapped, seller outright told me that. I never thought to ask him if it came from a 5k or 10k unit. How many times SHOULD the wires be wrapped around the current transformers? I spent about 15 minutes on lunch digging for the other thread you mention, but...

I just acquired an MEP002A with 221 hours on the clock. Ran the house on it for an hour today. ran the electric dryer (5100 watts) to load test and made some observations. My Hz and voltage meters are off by about 8%. Dialing in with my kill-a-watt to 60Hz and 120 volts gets me 65Hz and...