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  1. PeterD

    rewiring MEP004 for single phase

    Just a quick note on 004s used for homes. I have an all electric home in NH, with electric heat, cooking, cloths dryer, etc., and I rarely get up to full load on the generator. Were I to do this 'again' I'd absolutely look at a 003!
  2. PeterD

    rewiring MEP004 for single phase

    Bimota, I don't think you can balance it without a lot of work. You'd have to add secondary loads to the unused phases (since high leg delta uses one phase for the 120/240.) I think above in this thread I explained that the power companies do this by running multiple high leg delta feeds from a...
  3. PeterD

    rewiring MEP004 for single phase

    Absolutely correct, I don't know where I got the ten lead reference. And that being the case, a conversion to single phase may well be much easier. IIRC there are several other references to the conversions on the Internet. The 'magic' place to connect to is TB6, where all 12 leads go. This is...
  4. PeterD

    rewiring MEP004 for single phase

    Here is the diagram to do the conversion. However, the MEP-004A has a ten lead head, where the three common wires are connected together. Where they are connected is something I don't know, it may be at the stator itself, or the patch board, I'm not sure. Zig-Zag connection generally will not...
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