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Does a propane conversion to my MEP-016A (soon to be a C) count??? That's about all I've done so far.
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Quickfarms--good idea on the power box. I've been wanting to set up an MEP002A on a trailer to handle power needs for users that just need a bunch of cords connected & that don't have the setup to do a whole-house connection...I'm curious about the connector on the rear of that box. (This can be seen on the Surplus Ctr extra photos.) I assume you just fed your wiring through several grommets installed into the rear of the box or what? Or did the box come with a female plug to connect to the one on the rear of the box? Thanks.I used one of these to build a power distribution box. I am going to mount it into a fat 50 ammo can and use o reliance power inlet plug on it
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I'm sure I'm not the first to make these mods to an MEP-003A, but here are three. Actually the first was already done when I got the unit. It's a simple battery disconnect that you can get cheaply:
I added a fuel pressure gauge to the bleed port on the final fuel filter by welding a 1/16" pipe nipple to a 1/8" female half-coupling:
And I added a battery charging connector so I can plug in a 24V charger once in a while without worrying about a dog knocking loose battery clamps. The left terminal strip's 5th and 6th position have 24V battery voltage on them. The bottom terminal is ground. I used an inline fuse holder to keep things safe. Of course the battery disconnect above must be in the "on" state to use this charging connector.
Jim,
All mods are great ideas--the batt disconnect is a $5 WM item. What fuel pressure have you been reading while running? I like the 24v connector--what's your source for this item?
Part Number or something??? I would love to do something like that with My 002A.I picked up a couple Chinese 0-50A Ammeters with current transformers from eBay. They come as a set, one meter and one transformer. ...
Good post Triple Jim! I also picked up current xfmrs & meter from that Ebay seller - was a little concerned with him being in Asia but he had good feedback and the items eventually cameI picked up a couple Chinese 0-50A Ammeters with current transformers from eBay. They come as a set, one meter and one transformer. They're set up so you run the wire you want to measure current in though the hole in the current transformer, and connect two leads from there to a meter. Now I can see the current on L1 and L3 that my house is drawing from the MEP-003A from inside the house. Two meter-transformer sets were $30 total, delivered. The beige thing that the red wire is going through is one of the current transformers. Being able to easily see the current in both lines is already helping with load balancing.
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