[Fourlanders] It's Alive II

[Tom McElroy]

Excellent presentation, Shane.

It must be nice to have good instrumentation on the genny.  A lot of units
lack meters of any sort.

I don't know how many tons you have, or the inrush current - but have you
started your air conditioner from the genny yet, or do you think you're on
the hairy-edge of surge capacity?

I've been watching Gov Deals for a year or more.  I lost a deal for 1000
feet of LMR-900!  And I got gypped by no response to my shipper inquiries.
Do you have some tips on using the site and what we can expect to pay for a
genny of that size?

73's
Tom
KI4WOU

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Shane Autrey KI4M
<iam4thapack at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Bob et al;
>    I know you all are in good shape with this set but I have recently
> purchased a military surplus set for use here at home in the case of an
> extended utility loss. They are showing up a lot lately on GSA, Gov Deals,
> and Gov liquidation for decent prices. They are 10 KW continuous 15 KW
> surge. They are capable of producing 240V single phase or 208 3 phase just
> by flipping a reconnect switch. That makes them handy to run some of the
> surplus industrial machine shop equipment at home without buying a rotary
> phase converter! Anyhow look for Onan MEP-003a generators if you want a
> cheap good diesel generator for home or portable contest use.. They are air
> cooled and are easy to work on. I love mine and will not part with it for
> anything.
>
> Here is a video of mine firing up after I got it home this past winter...
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8_YdEBcA1g
>
> Shane Autrey KI4M EM95dr
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 8/27/10, Bob Lear <w4zst at windstream.net> wrote:
>
> From: Bob Lear <w4zst at windstream.net>
> Subject: [Fourlanders] It's Alive  II
> To: "fourlanders at contesting.com" <fourlanders at contesting.com>
> Date: Friday, August 27, 2010, 8:45 PM
>
> Well, I am finished with replacing the alternator on the 15kW diesel
> generator and it is playing just fine.  Even looks semi-professional.
> Small modifications to wiring and it's charging the battery, belt
> running true, water pump pumping the renewed charge of anti-freeze.  All
> is well in the generator's little world.
>
> I have run it yesterday for 40 mins and today for 50 more.  Belt running
> true, no leaks anywhere, antifreeze level good.
>
> I finished hooking up everything today before I test ran it again.  The
> new alternator is charging the battery just fine.
>
> I will probably run it some more tomorrow when Ron and Scott are here,
> but I think we are in great shape for the contest and I wouldn't worry
> about the generator at all.
>
>
> 73, Bob
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