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  1. Guyfang

    MEP Sizing Help

    The float switch looked a little big. See if it has a part number on it. Look it up in the parts TM.
  2. Guyfang

    MEP Sizing Help

    Why? I still like it, because you did ground your stuff. Most dont.
  3. Guyfang

    MEP Sizing Help

    The only problem with separate grounds is if you have potential on one ground system, and you somehow get connected to both of them, you become the conductor between them. here in Germany everything is bonded, and grounded. Chris, explain the difference and the who what and why.
  4. Guyfang

    MEP Sizing Help

    Everything comes to the man or woman with patience, (and practice!)
  5. Guyfang

    MEP Sizing Help

    Well, it's at least something you can learn. I never drove anything with a trailer, before my first field problem in 1973. The old hands just laughed and told me, "newbe, just do it it". Well the newbe just did it. I screwed up two trailers, and one night drove through some Germans barb wire...
  6. Guyfang

    MEP Sizing Help

    Or use the conversion formula. Most torque wrenches have it in the box.
  7. Guyfang

    MEP Sizing Help

    I am not aware that these engines have a problem with Cavitation. It could be, but I have never heard of it, nor heard anyone mention it. The problem with the well nuts is that from outside, you cant tell that there is a problem, other then leaking. What do you do when you have a leak, tighten...
  8. Guyfang

    MEP Sizing Help

    Originally Posted by csheath If that is just the auction fee your cost will go up from there. GL charges a 12% buyer's premium plus sales tax for the state/county the units are sold in. These skids don't slide all that easy on metal. I had mine in the back of my pickup and winched it out onto...
  9. Guyfang

    MEP Sizing Help

    Use the cheapest oil you can find, and do not use antifreeze. Just water. It's a waste to do it any other way. Then run it a few hours under load if you can. Change oil, filters and put in antifreeze.
  10. Guyfang

    MEP Sizing Help

    Yes, the flash is way more dangerous. I had first and second degree burns on my hands, trying to remove a cable I thought was no longer powered up. Lost a little hair around my hat too!!!!!!! It brought new meaning to the statement, "a significant emotional experience". Having said that, I...
  11. Guyfang

    MEP Sizing Help

    It all goes back to post #4. And yeah, a clamp on Amp meter, set on max hold. Better to take the time to look/check/measure all this stuff before spending a dime on a generator.
  12. Guyfang

    MEP Sizing Help

    Until you walk through the house, look at what each and every fixed load is, and maybe measure other loads, (lights, kitchen, that sort of thing) you can only speculate.
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