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Anybody know for sure? I've only run mine for an hour or so at a time. I'd say you could connect a battery charger off the convenience outlets if you needed to run for a long time. Or slave the genny off a truck. The draw of the stuff that runs off DC after starting would be pretty low I'd guess.

I never got around to taking it apart enough to check the stator and magnets. Maybe this summer. For now I just keep a battery tender on the battery to keep it fresh and charged after running the genny.

Each individual lead to ground is infinite resistance with the switch on off and run. Resistance between leads 3 & 4 is very low, a couple of ohms. I'll look over the TM's again on this subject and see what I turn up. Thanks again guys for the help on this.

Sounds like the low AC feeding the regulator is my problem. Any ideas on what might cause that?

I removed the wires to the regulator and tested on screws 3 & 4 again, but am still getting 13v AC. I'd really hate to buy a new regulator and mess with putting it in if that isn't the problem. Can somebody look to see if their regulator is getting AC from screws 3 & 4 and what the AC...

Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a shot tonight and report back.

I was able to fire it up and test this afternoon. I have 25.7v DC on screws 5 & 9 and 13v AC on screws 3 & 4 while running. Any ideas? Maybe somebody could open theirs up and see what they have on a regulator that works.

I guess I should ask now, is this DC regulator shared with any other MEP platform, or is it unique to the MEP-016B / MEP-701A?

It looks like the TM was partially correct in that battery voltage is on screws 5 & 9, just on a different connector block. I'll fire it up tomorrow and see if AC is present on the other two screws. I guess I'd rather have it be working correctly if it's between a properly set up $100 DC...

Thanks ETN550 for the troubleshooting assistance. I should be able to test tonight or tomorrow and know for sure if it is bad or not. I have a 24v tender that I could probably just permanently attach to the unit and unplug from the wall and plug into the convienience outlet when I need to run...

Well, I picked up my first surplus generator and luckily it appears I did OK. It is a 1988 MEP-016B that I assume had the ASK installed when new based on the “88” in the 701a serial number. It has a 2010 battery with a good charge and fresh clean oil in the crankcase. 591 hours on the meter...