new-to-me MEP-802a

[willys2point3]

Have you been able to give it a good load test?

Well, not in a scientific fashion where I knew the exact load that was on it, but I have powered 2 large chest freezers, 2 fridges, my well pump, a minisplit heat pump with 2 distribution units, and at least 500w in shop lights with it at once, for around 4 hours. I'm not sure my load meter works correctly, as it never got above 25%. The well pump and minisplit did not run continuously, but the genset did not seem to break a sweat.

 

[DieselAddict]

its good to get them above 75% load on a regular basis. I have a load bank if you want to drop by sometime and give it a workout.

 

[robertsears1]

Lowes sells something in the electrical area called a Kill A Watt EZ that you can plug into the duplex plug to get voltage and hertz If the gauges do not work. To get amps, you need a clamp on meter that does amps and clamp around one of the hot wires at the output lugs. I have a cheap Sperry that I got off eBay.

Robert, who has an aunt in Roxboro, counsin near Oxford, and the office is in Henderson (Roses) but haven’t been there for at least two years.

 

[willys2point3]

Nice to meet some local folks on here! @DieselAddict perhaps I can take you up on that offer some time... I do have a clamp meter, next time I test it out I can check the current on the leads going out of the unit. All the gauges do seem to work accurately except possibly the load % gauge. I just suspect I had more than 25% load on it, particularly with that minisplit heat pump running.

@robertsears1 I grew up in New Hill, below Apex. Went to Apex from pre-school through high school. It's been a decade or 3 since I was there though