Need help with mep-003

[GHOSTOFAGREATMAN]

Need help with mep-003
got my first 003 running last night ran well voltage was fine hertz meter showed every thing was ok ran a small grinder no problem .
this morning went out to fire it up voltage was fine hertz meter shows nothing.
what have I done wrong ?
please help. ​

 

[hurst01]

You haven't done anything wrong. Sometimes the transducers give a fit on these gensets. I bought one that was intermittent and finally quit working all together. It produced voltage fine but the Hz meter just won't work. I bought a Kill-A-Watt meter on ebay for about $20 and by plugging it in the 110v receptacles you can adjust the Hz with it. The Kill-A-Watt does not like the dirty voltage when starting up, so I plug it in after it starts ans I can adjust the RPM the way I want it.
I am sure someone else will clarify it better.

 

[GHOSTOFAGREATMAN]

Thanks for the info .
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[Speddmon]

Ghost,

If the gauge is dead, it's one of two things....the transducer or the meter...there is not much to the frequency part of these sets.

If you really need to get it running badly, you can follow the TM procedure for troubleshooting the Hz Meter on page 6-1 of TM 5-6115-585-34.

If you find out that it is a bad gauge or transducer, and want to replace it with a proper part, call Delk's Army Nave Surplus. They have a great selection of parts for these sets.

 

[GHOSTOFAGREATMAN]

Thanks for the link speddmon.​