Badfish740
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I have a friend who purchased a bunch of generators at an auction down in Maryland recently. He doesn't really know much about them-he owns an excavating company and buys and sells a lot of equipment-he has bought and resold a couple of deuces, but these are the first generators he's bought. Three of them are MEP-002As. One has a housing and two do not-all three are said to run, but all fluids have been drained and the filters have been removed. From the outside they all look complete and in very good shape, no rust, etc...I think he paid between $600-800 for each. I'd like to buy one from him for use as a portable home generator-just Googling information it looks like it would meet my needs. My current genny is a Craftsman 5500W surge/4200W continuous that's loud as all **** and getting old.
I have a small house and the essentials are as follows:
2 sump pumps
Wood furnace blower
Fridge/freezer
Chest freezer
Gas stove with electronic ignition
Lights
The "would-be-nice-to-haves" are:
TV
Modem/router
Electric 80 gallon DWH (Probably not, I know...)
We tend to lose power for days at a time at least once a year during the fall (Nor'easters) and winter-the longest we were out was after Hurricane Sandy (10 days). We're on public water, so no well pump to worry about, and since we usually don't lose power during the summer I'm not concerned about running my central air.
Based on that, I think a 5kW (I've heard they can really do around 8kW no sweat) will do just fine. My plan would be to install a breaker in my box since I have plenty of space with a proper interlock, transfer switch, and male receptacle on the house, and mount the MEP-002A to a trailer in order to make it easy to move. This way I can just roll it out and hook it up when needed. Noise is a concern though since I live in a subdivision, so I'd want to build an enclosure around it on the trailer. Where can I find specs on acceptable clearances, etc...in order to make sure it won't overheat? Finally, how clean is the power out of these things? Right now I don't dare leave my flat panel TV or other electronics plugged in while running on generator power. I've looked into buying power conditioners but the good ones are really pricey.
I have a small house and the essentials are as follows:
2 sump pumps
Wood furnace blower
Fridge/freezer
Chest freezer
Gas stove with electronic ignition
Lights
The "would-be-nice-to-haves" are:
TV
Modem/router
Electric 80 gallon DWH (Probably not, I know...)
We tend to lose power for days at a time at least once a year during the fall (Nor'easters) and winter-the longest we were out was after Hurricane Sandy (10 days). We're on public water, so no well pump to worry about, and since we usually don't lose power during the summer I'm not concerned about running my central air.
Based on that, I think a 5kW (I've heard they can really do around 8kW no sweat) will do just fine. My plan would be to install a breaker in my box since I have plenty of space with a proper interlock, transfer switch, and male receptacle on the house, and mount the MEP-002A to a trailer in order to make it easy to move. This way I can just roll it out and hook it up when needed. Noise is a concern though since I live in a subdivision, so I'd want to build an enclosure around it on the trailer. Where can I find specs on acceptable clearances, etc...in order to make sure it won't overheat? Finally, how clean is the power out of these things? Right now I don't dare leave my flat panel TV or other electronics plugged in while running on generator power. I've looked into buying power conditioners but the good ones are really pricey.