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There are other differences in the military ratings vs. civilian ratings: Civ sets tend to be rated at 80 degrees F must be derated over this Military tend to be rated at 100 - 120 degrees F Civ sets must be derated if operated over 1,000 (NA) - 5,000 ft (turbo) altitude Military at least...

Speddmon, this may be getting a bit off topic, but Onan did make a 3.5 inch bore J series diesel engine in their civilian models, the 17.5RDJF, the big difference between this and the MEP-003a engine is the RDJF is a water cooled block. Ike

As I see it the need for proper spare backup generator is important regardless of the vintage of the primary generator as during a real disaster parts are likely equally unavailable for both new and old generators. Ike

rat4spd, there are some good commercial units out there that do stack up well against these MEP-002, and 003's, one that comes to mind is the older Onan J series which shares the same basic engine block with the 002/003, specifically the RDJF (radiator cooled version of the same block as the...

Whole long debates can be made on best fuel source for a home backup generator Gasoline, does not store well, can be in short supply when needed, but gasoline generators are cheap. Natural Gas, is easy, no storage concern does not tend to go out except in major natural disasters Propane...

I have to partly disagree with Joe about being able to find a comparable civilian generator for a couple of hundred dollars more than MEP-002 or 003's are selling for. A modern comparable commercial 1800 rpm diesel generator would be about 1/3 higher KW rating due to the conservative nature of...