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MEP-003A is a vernier throttle. You push in the button in the middle of the knob, and pull the knob out until the engine is close to the right speed. Then you let go of the button and turn the knob left (slower) or right (faster) to get exactly where you want. Don't trust your panel Hz meter...

Jerry agreeing with me does boost my confidence on the matter some. My MEP-002A is not a toy - it has kept us from renting hotel rooms several times over the last few years during extended outages. I admit to being impressed with the way the thing is put together and how well it does its job...

I've bogged mine down (meter above 120% indicated with a mix of reactive and resistive loads). It really doesn't smoke much at all. At about 100% of rated power I start getting thin gray smoke out of it, but it never really smokes like an old Mack truck. I've taken this to mean that the...