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    MEP-803a: where did my press to test lights go?

    >I need to check it with my Kill A Watt, can anyone tell me where I put it? Just for future reference, the answer was "ask your teenager". The voltage and frequency look pretty stable on the Kill A Watt meter, but the frequency meter on the panel jumps around. Working on a way to do some...
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    MEP-803a: where did my press to test lights go?

    I do now, thanks for the head's up. Pictures of mine below. -- Carl
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    MEP-803a: where did my press to test lights go?

    Woohoo, it lives! :) You guys put me exactly on the right path with looking at S1. I measured an open circuit between pin 2 and the other common pins, worked the switch back and forth a while and got continuity. Sure helps to have feedback from the multimeter to know when you're "done"...
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    MEP-803a: where did my press to test lights go?

    Rain has shut me down for today, will try this tomorrow and let you know what I find. Update: ignoring the lack of press to test lighting, the engine does start and run for as long as I hold it in start, then shuts down when I release back to prime & run. Not sure what that means, just passing...
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    MEP-803a: where did my press to test lights go?

    I appreciate the suggestions. I exercised it all, no change though. Trying to make sense of the schematic now. I'm getting power past the E-stop switch because I can see the panel lights come on when the switch is out. Back to the schematic... -- Carl
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    MEP-803a: where did my press to test lights go?

    None of the press to test lights are doing anything. I saw them all working earlier today. -- Carl
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    MEP-803a: where did my press to test lights go?

    New to me MEP-803a, trying to get it to start and run... While working through the starting procedure in the operator's manual my press to test lights worked. After a couple tries the engine started and ran while I held it in start, but when I let go it stopped. Would not start on retry. Backed...
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