pwogaman
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My first post here! This looks like a great place to share and learn.
Following our loss of power for 3 1/2 days after the duracho, I purchased a MEP-017A with only 65 hours on it from GL at Fort Meade for just over $300. At first I suspected the low time simply meant the hours meter had been replaced at some point, but after looking it over first hand I don't believe that to be the case.
Unfortunately its not my first GL purchase. I've been buying all kinds of junk from them that I never even knew I needed. Heck, I've even actually used some of the stuff. But that is a whole bunch of other stories.
From what I can tell from the genset, it was part of the New Jersey National Guard Disaster Assistance Team (they could really use it now). With only 65 hours, I suspect it was only fired up for maintenance and the occasional inspection. In fact, it looks like it was recently overhauled, painted, and stocked with spare consumables (filters, etc.).
Well, we lost power again during hurricane Sandy for about 35 hours. I fired up the genset and it worked like a champ throughout, we even did some laundry; although, we did power it down at night in deference to our neighbors.
I came away with two distinct impressions about it: it is loud and it is thirsty!!
The only area of concern operationally was the frequency was running a bit high and fluctuating up and down a point (the TM says it should be within 0.5 of 60 - it was not). I suspect I might need to get myself a frequency converter. I'd also like to fit some acoustic barriers and add in a 240 volt twistlock outlet (with a neutral), but for the latter I'll first need to do some more research on the necessary wiring mods.
Anyway, here are some pics.
Following our loss of power for 3 1/2 days after the duracho, I purchased a MEP-017A with only 65 hours on it from GL at Fort Meade for just over $300. At first I suspected the low time simply meant the hours meter had been replaced at some point, but after looking it over first hand I don't believe that to be the case.
Unfortunately its not my first GL purchase. I've been buying all kinds of junk from them that I never even knew I needed. Heck, I've even actually used some of the stuff. But that is a whole bunch of other stories.
From what I can tell from the genset, it was part of the New Jersey National Guard Disaster Assistance Team (they could really use it now). With only 65 hours, I suspect it was only fired up for maintenance and the occasional inspection. In fact, it looks like it was recently overhauled, painted, and stocked with spare consumables (filters, etc.).
Well, we lost power again during hurricane Sandy for about 35 hours. I fired up the genset and it worked like a champ throughout, we even did some laundry; although, we did power it down at night in deference to our neighbors.
I came away with two distinct impressions about it: it is loud and it is thirsty!!
The only area of concern operationally was the frequency was running a bit high and fluctuating up and down a point (the TM says it should be within 0.5 of 60 - it was not). I suspect I might need to get myself a frequency converter. I'd also like to fit some acoustic barriers and add in a 240 volt twistlock outlet (with a neutral), but for the latter I'll first need to do some more research on the necessary wiring mods.
Anyway, here are some pics.
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