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Have bought 5 MEPs from GL. I try not to bid on very high hours units or ones with damaged or missing parts. Lowest hrs was 9 on an recent 802 reset. Highest, a 002 with 1,800. Most have needed a little work, a couple needed more, but that was OK too. Having to fix something is a good way...
^^The size of the head is because they are robust and overbuilt. Where a modern "consumer grade" civilian generator rated a 5 KW means it can make 5KW for a few minuits at a time when it is new, 5KW on an MEP means it can make 7KW (at least in the case of the 002) all day, 24/7 for thousands...
The windings are indeed robust. But they are not different than any old style or commercial grade, well made 1800RPM, 12 lead connected generator. The MEP-002 and 003 use the same gen head as their respective counterparts in the Onan DJ series.
If you look up an Onan DJE for instance, you...