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One thing to keep in mind about wet stacking is that some designs of diesel engines are more susceptible than others. In general air cooled normally aspirated diesels like the smaller MEP series generators under 15KW tend to be the least susceptible, and water cooled (particularly turbo charged...

One thing to follow up on what derf said about the ratings of the MEP series generators, in general they are rated for output at 120 degrees F and 8,000 ft altitude in 24x7 sustained load operation with around a 300% motor starting load capacity for 10 seconds. Commercial standby generators are...

Ok, if your wanting to do minimalist and are looking at military surplus, you will likely be narrowing yourself down to the 5 KW MEP-002 or 3 KW MEP-016 family. The MEP-016 family all share the same 3KW 3600 rpm 2 pole generator end, and break down as follows: MEP-016a or MEP016c - Older...

Remember bigger is not always better, not only does a bigger generator tend to cost more, it will consume more fuel even when running at no load, and if it is a diesel will develop wet stacking problems if not regularly being loaded down to at least 50% capacity. First off add up the amp load...