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Electronic Parts Replacements Info for the MEP-802A

Guyfang

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....and I realize I should have disconnected the battery terminals prior to sticking a metal wrench inside the cabinet.

Not quite right. You realize NOW, that you should have disconnected the Negative Battery Terminal before sticking a wrench in there.
Learning by doing.
😁 A lesson you will not forget soon.
 

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Thank you all for your help. I just watched a video on what an MOV is and it helped a lot. It is likely that I may not have hurt anything when I made contact. I do believe the 7.5 amp circuit breaker tripped.....and it is likely that I may have touched the resistor above and not the V5 terminal.

I looked at the circuit and I could not tell where the wire goes after leaving the V5 varistor. I could only tell that it goes to Circuit Board 5 - terminal 10....but then I could not find anymore information on the cabinet that tells me where that is or what it does.

Hopefully I can get the generator fired up and connected to a significant load this week and see if everything works as it should.

Dave
 

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I just wanted to follow up and give you all an update.

I got all the repairs finished, fired it up, and connected it to my RV with the AC and two 1,500 watt heaters.

The MEP802A ran just fine at a 60% load for half an hour. There was a bit of a smell from it as it warmed up and burnt off the stale smell from 20 years of being in storage - but it performed flawlessly!

Thankfully my clumsy wrench incident didn't do any damage!
 
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