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  1. Triple Jim

    MEP002A With low frequency meter reading

    One possibility of many is that the very high RPM caused a regulator failure. Since the regulator on an 002A or 003A regulates by supplying current to CVT1 to reduce generator output, if the engine were running very fast like is has been, the regulator may have had to increase its output a lot...
  2. Triple Jim

    MEP002A With low frequency meter reading

    I hope so too, but I don't know how it would read 1.02 for PF.
  3. Triple Jim

    MEP002A With low frequency meter reading

    Something is wrong with your results. For 100 Hz, the engine would have to be running 3,000 rpm instead of the 1800 it's set up to run, so it would be screaming, and this is very unlikely. Are you sure the Kill-A-Watt meter isn't set to read power factor or something like that? On the model I...
  4. Triple Jim

    MEP002A With low frequency meter reading

    Once you have a Kill-A-Watt meter, you don't need a tach. 1800 rpm is 60 Hz, by definition.
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