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This was for my new (to me, 233 hours) MEP-803a.
With the 802 I was able to tie in a 4500 watt space heater, then a 2000 and/or 5500 watt water heater element in a trash can full of water, but MAN that water gets hot fast.
Got to thinking about how I’d run power into the house, backfeed into breaker panel (I’ll do in our next home when it’s built in about 3-4 years, not the current one) or run a wire to an outlet of some type when someone here posted about power distribution boxes.
Found a CEP (made in America) 8706GU (240 volt, 120 volt with pass-through) at the usual auction place, bought 50 feet of 6/4 flexible conductor and a couple of connectors:
-Marinco CS6369 125/250v master outlet,
-Cover - Leviton 7770 (aluminum, also available in pricier yellow PVC - will spray with 383 anyway)
-Marinco CS6365N 50a 125/250 plug (for cs6369)
and
-CS6364 (female plug for input to PDU).
![9638A8BE-AA94-43A6-945F-EFD423F0CECF.jpg 9638A8BE-AA94-43A6-945F-EFD423F0CECF.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/508/508859-f792853ee562c8f8062a4224c7ecad78.jpg)
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I added a photo of getting the box out the side of the genset ‘cause it was a REAL PITA. I used a putty knife blade to coax the edge of the box past the opening. I’ll apply a file/grinder to the edges of the opening (judiciously) to make for easier reassembly.
Just waiting on a feed-through circuit breaker I ordered - there’s one in the PDU box - 50 amp, but I want something on-board the genset for any future creative wiring or other uses.
Had some screws left over from the high-back seat upgrade which worked fine to hold the outlet/cover in place (8-32, IIRC, yellow-zinc), replacing all the nuts/screws I can on the genset with SS anyway (got those in a box), and will add in some soundproofing (butyl stuff w/ foil backing used on firewalls) to the inside of the generator.
Fuel return line came in the mail today, hope to get that installed tomorrow.
FWIW.
Norm
With the 802 I was able to tie in a 4500 watt space heater, then a 2000 and/or 5500 watt water heater element in a trash can full of water, but MAN that water gets hot fast.
Got to thinking about how I’d run power into the house, backfeed into breaker panel (I’ll do in our next home when it’s built in about 3-4 years, not the current one) or run a wire to an outlet of some type when someone here posted about power distribution boxes.
Found a CEP (made in America) 8706GU (240 volt, 120 volt with pass-through) at the usual auction place, bought 50 feet of 6/4 flexible conductor and a couple of connectors:
-Marinco CS6369 125/250v master outlet,
-Cover - Leviton 7770 (aluminum, also available in pricier yellow PVC - will spray with 383 anyway)
-Marinco CS6365N 50a 125/250 plug (for cs6369)
and
-CS6364 (female plug for input to PDU).
![9638A8BE-AA94-43A6-945F-EFD423F0CECF.jpg 9638A8BE-AA94-43A6-945F-EFD423F0CECF.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/508/508859-f792853ee562c8f8062a4224c7ecad78.jpg)
![66E79AEE-B49F-4C94-B480-9D4B6F799277.jpg 66E79AEE-B49F-4C94-B480-9D4B6F799277.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/508/508860-db811b9ef9333d085473f9d17d923b51.jpg)
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![227CE657-F55E-4D13-8230-DA52CAA7624B.jpg 227CE657-F55E-4D13-8230-DA52CAA7624B.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/508/508863-1dbf7ef36306073961d7226c2c473281.jpg)
![A54C14AD-10A5-4A1B-8406-F382DCAB409A.jpg A54C14AD-10A5-4A1B-8406-F382DCAB409A.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/508/508862-15bf1e163a7518062c5d056bfa64d322.jpg)
I added a photo of getting the box out the side of the genset ‘cause it was a REAL PITA. I used a putty knife blade to coax the edge of the box past the opening. I’ll apply a file/grinder to the edges of the opening (judiciously) to make for easier reassembly.
Just waiting on a feed-through circuit breaker I ordered - there’s one in the PDU box - 50 amp, but I want something on-board the genset for any future creative wiring or other uses.
Had some screws left over from the high-back seat upgrade which worked fine to hold the outlet/cover in place (8-32, IIRC, yellow-zinc), replacing all the nuts/screws I can on the genset with SS anyway (got those in a box), and will add in some soundproofing (butyl stuff w/ foil backing used on firewalls) to the inside of the generator.
Fuel return line came in the mail today, hope to get that installed tomorrow.
FWIW.
Norm
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