Mil-Spec, the best you can do?
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- This is a military diesel generator I bought from auction. It's 16 years old and has been sitting outside, un-used, most of it's life. Lets bring it back to life. Model: MEP-831A, which is a 3kW 120/240V model. It has a single cylinder Yanmar diesel engine. Model L70AE-DEGFR, or typically we just say L70.
This is about a 6 horsepower engine, but probably feels more like a 7 horsepower. The data sticker says Cont. Output: 4.4kW, and Max output: 4.9kW. 296cc displacement.
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Kurt Klopp designs and builds control boards for several military generators. In most cases, these are improved designs from the original. Visit his Ebay store here: ebay.us/yCVYqV
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Note, I purchased my board from Kurt at full price.
Buying a military generator: If you want to buy a military generator contact my buddy, Chris, here: mepgenerators@pm.me He is in North Carolina and buys generators at auction. Then he fixes them up, and load tests them before selling.
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Honestly not your best video. Cool project, but I think you edited the video a little tight for my tastes. Show me why you replaced all the hoses, show me the various parts of the generator, explain the purpose of the governor, what are the different terminals?
Thanks for letting me know. I didn't think people would be interested in those nitty-gritty details. I'm happy to make another video if there is enough interest. Anyone else out there want to chime in?
@@DavidPozEnergy I'm not a regular to the channel but that's definitely something I would watch. Although I guess I'm an oddball who likes these kinds of things
I love obsessive over footage!
@@DavidPozEnergy I think you should have short videos like this that are edited down, and just a less skinned down version for the people that want to see the nitty gritty stuff. Personally, I like the quick pace, since we all know how to change hoses etc.
Because hoses get old, and embrittle/crack. Why not replace them while you're in there?
Those yanmars were good engines, lots of clones out there now. Do you yourself a favor and look into the the 1800 rpm versions. Much quieter, more output, and more reliable.Onan made alot of the older mil specs in the 1800 rpm variety.
They’re also usually liquid cooled and multi cylinder engine.
Yeah, like the mep002 or mep003, I have a mep002 and runs smooth and great output, rating way unrated.
Yeah the yanmars where very reliable easy to get parts for easy to repair
I have a clone of an L100 I bought with a cracked piston and damaged head. I tore it all apart and ordered the parts. Gotta put it back together one of these days lol. No idea what I will use it for but it's cool.
60hz # 1800rpm
You brought back memories from the 1960s. My dad and I worked on military surplus gensets made by Onan. These units were for American Red Cross disaster service. The units were very well made and came with technical manuals etc. We had a non-military Onan too from the early 1950s that was hand crank start. It was a true beast to crank. We mounted it in a trailer as part of a lighting unit. This all was a great learning experience for a teenager. Thanks so much for your video and best wishes with your project.
I went on armed forces day with my dad. He was in charge of the generators. A 10kw unit was enormous and trailer mounted. Had a Wisconsin engine and just hummed all day.
I have bought 5 of these generators Mep-802,3,4 and love working on them. Curt is the man, helped with the auto start.
I'll definitely be looking him up when I get mine. I love troubleshooting then repairing stuff that people have given up on but it never hurts to consult someone who's forgotten more than I'll know about something this specific.
David didn’t know you served. Thank you! Generator the army had were always nicer than what my corp had, because we usual had army hand me downs. 😂
Thank you for your service too.
That is a beast of a generator! So cool that someone makes parts to make it even better. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks. Yeah, it's great.
These old work horses almost never die so there are plenty of parts to fix them up and make them run a bit better because there are so many still around.
Battle Short is an amazing concept. I can't believe I haven't seen that on anything before. A real "do what I say or we're going to die" button. Love it.
I was a 52D, Generator mechanic for 10 years. I never saw one of these units. I worked on a lot of 1.5, 3, 5 and 10kw units but they were all gasoline powered.
The Army started upgrading to diesel gens in the 90's . We had Gasoline gens when I began my Army career as well. In 03 we had some gasoline 3ks that were converted to diesel engines, MEP016D. They were much better generators than the MEP 831.
I love this vid . The lesson is , always read the distractions ! And of course if you have a little experience ? Well that helps . But that generator is brand new . And I think they broke it in before it was turned to surplus . In which case you brought it . Good job friend .
Looks like new! Great buy!!
Thanks. Yeah, It looks a lit nicer after it's bath. Although, I didn't get that on camera.
I've been looking at these myself and these look like great units. I would ditch the inverter, rectify into DC, send into charge controller and run the engine @1800 RPM. It should drastically increase the fuel economy and would still charge my batteries quickly.
It would drastically reduce the hassle with the electronics on the generator. Add a simple 2 wire start setup and just flip a switch
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I've been working on that for months. There are lots of roadblocks to work through, but I should have a working model soon. Once it does work, then I'll show it in a video.
@@DavidPozEnergy It seems like it would be easy (hence my plan). I've been looking for someone selling one of the inverterless units I see being auctioned in huge lots! Would you happen to have a connection? From what I am seeing on the auction sites the inverters are junk. I would love to take a crack at a broken inverter also.
I'm sure you have seen the "interesting" wiring of the PMG.
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Those engines will last longer if ran at lower rpm too
I am suspecting that the unit was used for training. Due to all the auxiliary sensor wires etc and the other problems. You know how training units are used!
What a great little machine!
Interesting video! I appreciate cutting out the fluf - anyone who has refurb'd equipment (that they plan to keep) knows that hose, filter replacements, etc is just a given. So I don't see the need to see it or hear the rationale behind doing that type of stuff. Would be cool to see a scope shot of the inverter output.
In 23.5 years I’ve never seen one this clean including the new ones that got shipped to us out on our airpads! LoL
That's a pretty big 3KW generator set!! I would almost bet that the flaw with the engine speed module was
with all them potentiometer adjustments just left outside of the module, in the open to salt air moisture,
fumes, dust and potential of debris! And so it just might look as though the Marine Corps scrapped the
notion of any future contracts and semi de-militarized them to a small degree. Those gen-sets were probably
also to expensive to buy anymore and given the reliability aspects and well. That may explain the low hours on
this one! The supply chain may have also failed to get these modules given just who is the manufacturer
was that was subcontracted for that module build! Who the hell really knows for that matter! I know of a Chief
Senior Military Technologist person that was contracted by Pentagon that may have been involved for the testing
and approval for the purchase of such equipment for the military. His name is Lee Wheelbarger, Inventor and skilled
professional when it comes to a lot of things related to the military! I supposed that if you were to contact him
David, perhaps he might be able to fill you in on a thing or two on this Genset!
As the proud owner of an MEP-803a I can say Kurt's products are top notch.
Late last year I replaced the voltage regulator with one of his due to a failing adjustment potentiometer.
From my own observations his regulator seems much more precise than the old original unit. (to be fair the original unit was 19 years old)
Very happy with Kurts controller, worked perfectly and was reasonably priced.
Love that generator! Kurt did an awesome job! I'm curious about why diodes, not just simple bridges.
Usually the diodes will be for some kind of holding path check in the circuitry. When you press the start button some electrical test will go on and close a relay, allowing the system to come on. The diodes prevent it from coming on as soon as the on button is pressed. Don’t know this system though
different from the generators i used to work on in the 80's, kinda cool. only thing is back in the 80's all the generators as i recall were made in the U.S.A. Governors back then if i remember right were all mechanical and the first thing to go was usually the voltage regulators.
Bought one about three years ago. Got it running for about three hours, and the inverter went out. The inverters are very expensive, and hard to find. I would recommend getting a MEP-802A 5KW, or A MEP-803A 10KW. They do not have inverters, and I believe more reliable. Just a suggestion. Great video, and content Thank You.
I also have an 802. I've shown it in past videos.
What a cool piece of equipment!!
I think all the people asking “how much $$?” are glossing right over whether they themselves could have muddled through all the work you put in before it ever made a lick of power. Or maybe they want the price for one that’s 100% debugged and turn-key where the cost of a guy like you going through it for them is just built in! They won’t like that number. 🤣
Interested to see all the test/project ideas for this thing that you alluded to in other comments, in their due time. Thanks for another interesting power generation vid.
You are probably right. A ready to go unit typically is sold around $3k.
I've worked on those generators and adding a digital controller for being able to remote start when mains power fails you can combine the remote start with an ATS and you have a good budget backup system
I could make it run definitely. Worked on those for years.
Well I've got quite a lot to say about single cylinder generators for off grid.
I'm not in love with Yanmar single cylinder Diesels. Upsides are they are cheap[ish] to replace, downsides are any hours you get over 3000 are a bonus. I've had bad luck with 3 of these engines in my 7kva generator. At no stage was any load ever placed on this generator in excess of 4.5kw.
So I've had 1x broken crankshaft at
It's a lot easier to label when they aren't screwed in. Removing one at a time then labeling it.
Great video. Would have loved to see more about the restoration part (cleaning, replacing of hoses, etc.) and especially the fault searching with the idler (incl. Kurt Klopp perhaps) - which you sped through quickly.
Sorry, I was saying to myself "Who wants to watch 4 hours of replacing rubber hoses?" LOL. The return hoses on these are particularly thin rubber, and known to blow out. I used thicker fuel injection hose even on the return just to make sure. I also replaced the plastic "T" fitting with brass. The plastic one can crack over time. So, I'm not really doing a restoration, because I'm using a few things higher quality.
That was fun! Thanks!
Now who doesn’t want one of these in there life?
Great video. I see these on the auction sites and always wonder about them.
You kept the fuel filter, good man!!
Thanks David for your videos l am learning alot.
nice little unit
Didn't know Martin Starr also fixed generators in his spare time between acting gigs.
Whenever I replace old hoses I stop and consider whether the 50 year old perished hose will probably last longer than the brand new Chinese hose if I just taped the holes. Replacing old parts with new today is a greater risk than servicing the old parts. We can thank current anti industry 'service economy' megacorps for that.
Way advanced from my 52B30 US Special Forces Europe days in the 70's🇺🇲
We (Army) had a 5kw and 10kw genset that we commonly used, total beasts! 10kw is a misnomer, it was two 10kw generators on the trailer. You could run them independently or bond them for 18kw (never figured out why they said 18kw when bonded). The biggest I saw was in a Patriot unit. When I was there, they had two 200kw turbine generators, I understand now they're using 150kw diesel sets.
They have a '300' KW truck system, but its two 150k's ran parallel mounted on the back off a deuce
What's up with the added on oil pressure gauge, looks like it was showing no pressure? Nice looking unit!
I have a 1986 10K unit with 400 hours on it. These things will hold their rated load 24hrs a day, 7 days a week as mine did last hurricane season. Ran our entire house like normal and a cord to the neighbors fridge.
You have a handsome equipment!
If it is military probably is very robust!
Oh man that surging sound brings back a lot of memories, that was such a widespread problem that I'd just assumed that was its normal mode of operation. The larger generators would do that as well, but only when the fuel started running low - prompting a Lcpl to scramble for a jerry can before the thing died.
We had privates on fuel duty. Woe to those that let it go dry. Happened a couple of times, once was the HQ tent which provoked corrective measures(leaning on NCOs to watch closer). Wasn’t my task but I got into the habit of checking fuel levels whenever I passed by, to give a heads up if necessary or even fill it myself.
if you ever decide to get the bigger generators the 5k , the low oil pressure will prevent you from starting the generator unless you hold down the fault/reset switch while trying to start it :)
That's a good point. I also own the 802 and have a couple videos with it.
Excellent video David. Anxious to see how the super efficient Yanmar diesel with a couple extra conversion stages compares on DC charging efficiency per gallon (gasoline) to your 6 hp alternator generator. They should be fairly close since the higher power density of diesel should compensate for the low loss conversion stages.
I'm excited too. This Yanmar should kick butt compared to my gasoline projects.
Mil-spec is more for part interchangeability to make field repairs quicker and easier on paper.
Brings me back to 1969 working on 5 kw gen sets . I also worked on Turbine powered and precise power gen sets.Most of the stuff I worked on was bullet riddled or bomb damaged.
I'd love to find a turbine generator somewhere, just to make a video about it.
You must be a Fort Belvoir man?
I got my 52B AIT there in 69.
@@glennbrymer4065 Yep. Studied for and got all 3 of my Moses 52B20 52D30 52B30 but I already had a back ground in fixing electronics
@@DavidPozEnergy Tuff to find.
welcome back to the ARMY.
In the service we always called them MEP instead of M.E.P.
The first question I always have is what did it cost and process to buy and take possession of anything bought through government surplus, that is interesting. I've never found mil spec to be best anything equip or personnel wise when I did my time in the late 80s but I will consider anything if it's cheap enough.
One upside I see are that these readily deliver all the power promised (rated), while run-of-the-mill generators typically strain when running at their max rated power. Also, diesels like these can run and run (reliable).
I got seriously interested in the 5 KW and 10 KW versions, until I realized parts could be challenging to get. It can be done, but that kind of project (chasing parts) loses my interest, especially when I have good alternatives.
This was a sweet video !! Thanks for this !!
HOLY SHEETS!! 3KW TQG. Tactical quiet generator that’s not so quiet. I’ve not worked one those since 2005. It was pretty new back then. My unit just got 2 of those when I got there 2002. Nostalgia.
Very cool! How much did you pick up the generator for? And how much was the new control board?
Used to work on these 831s good machines the tech refs are ok too
Fantastic Video David! Thank you for your service, I also was in the Army early 90's. I love watching your videos!
Thank you for your service too. Thanks for watching.
Thanks to the both of you! And Steven - I was also in the Army in the early 90s! And, um, in the mid 80s... and the late 90s... and the early 2000s!
Came back to this to reply to some comments; if you dont know the trick yet I challenge you to pull start(make sure you flip the red decomp lever)
Also a trick in case you need to start with a dying battery is to flick the decomp lever.
Thanks for the tip. Yes, I'm aware and have used it plenty, but it's nice in case someone is reading the comments without experience.
Wow... First time I am watching this type generator... Awesome you also awesome😀
At least it's 60hz, a lot of MEP were 400hz, or even 50hz.
All the generators I operated in the Marines 1141 Electrician/ Generator Operator 10 years of service. All the Utility Generators had the option to operate either 50 hz /60 hz. The 400 hz units were used around communication and radar equipment. Less radio interference with the 400 hz.
I have been using a MEP-016D to offset the solar when the panels are covered with snow. I have used this old MEP for 8 years now. The L 70 Yanmar just keeps on running. Very fuel efficient.
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Mil Spec is sometimes very misleading. many years (several decades in fact), my Father worked at an Alternator factory in the UK, they made ones which you could pick up by hand, and other which you could sit inside the casing with plenty of room to stretch out. From a single KVA to MVA.
Anyway, even back then, brushless alternators had become the thing. More reliable, less to fail, easier to services, more efficient. There really were not many reason to use brushed alternators any more.
Except for one customer.
The Military always demanded the "old style" brushed units as they were "tested in the field". The fact that they had to carry spares, they broke down more often than a brushless unit and the design was grossly outdated didn't matter. They always paid several times the cost - for an outdated, less efficient, less reliable, machine - instead of going brushless.
They would not even allow for corrections to known design-issues, they wanted the OLD design, warts and all - 99 of them at a time, each one many times the price of a brushless alternator.
"Tested in the field" was all they would ever say when challenged as to why they used dearer, inferior devices, "tested in the field".
Mil spec is not always about quality - it is sometimes just "terrible but with a known level of awfulness" which someone signed off as being "correct".
Your video brought back memories. I was a 52D from 76 to 90.
From 87 to 90 I was an instructor for the 52D course at Fort Belvior
10 years after I went through the course. I remember when these things
arrived to be used for training. The gas 3 Kw before this went into service
had a 4 cylinder engine on it. The pistons were tiny. Power generation field
worked out really well for me. As a civilian I have been operating and
maintaining a 7 Mg watt power plant for 32 years. Thanks for the memory.
Hi I was in ft Belvoir in 89 D809th
I attended Delta school at Belvoir from 87-88. Bravo Co.
Sweet genset..
Those are still in use btw.
Cool !! This was a fun video. Thanks for sharing. God Bless
Thanks Bobby.
I miss those generators. i used them a bunch from '05 to '08. I need to see if I can score one at auction.
If you live in New England, I have a couple to sell. Otherwise, I bought mine from the website "GovPlanet"
@@DavidPozEnergy I don't live close enough to you, but what are they going for these days?
Aye look a mep generator I don’t see many of the small ones but I have worked with like the MEP-805/806 A and B’s, those are the 30Kw and 60Kw respectively, I’m active duty Air Force in the power production field so I’m familiar with generators especially the mil-spec ones
Fortuitous to run across Kurt, for sure. When major companies have lame parts, it creates an umbrella for guys like Kurt to do it right. That's how America is supposed to work! Looks like you have a nice little genset now, albeit rather loud for being enclosed. I like my generators nice and quiet. I am also not sure how long that funky old 'inverter' will last.
I remember when those were brand new.
Bravo.......hot tip u can run diesel on propane....cheers
this is what I have as a back up and use around the farm when i need power in the field
Nice.
Not surprised that you mentioned the fuel gauge might need replacing. In my experience with military support equipment, the fuel gauges are almost always faulty.
Hey David have you seen any 5Kw Petrol Generators dual Piston Air Cooled do not have any fuel tank just direct fuel line I forgot the model.
Oooood all those thermocouple leads gave me flashbacks to when I worked at the FoMoCo proving grounds. I used to see that brown spaghetti in my sleep!
How does this compare to the MEP802? I find the milspec gensets to be fascinating (as a civilian puke I'm easily drawn by lots of knobs and switches), but on the other hand I also like those folks who belt up a Chinese 5-kw alrernator to big clunky Lister clones. I'm a complicated guy.
How does it compare to the 802? Well, the 802 is a 5kW, liquid cooled. This 831 is 3kw, air cooled. The 5kw has a huge surge rating, this 831 has some surge, but not as much. They both have pros and cons. I like both, but for different reasons. I think the 802 is a perfect house backup generator. I think the 831 is perfect for a cabin. The 831 could be pulled on a sled to your location, and if the battery dies, it has a pull cord.
@@DavidPozEnergy 802 is certainly a beast, love the giant casing on them. Boggles my mind what a discount you can get them for, considering how much the DOD probably paid for em, or even how much a retail version would cost if it even existed...
Do not eliminate the fuel filter, please! That’s a fuel filter/ water separator! You’ll be glad you use it with all thr weather you endure!
I'm not eliminating it. When this one eventually clogs, I might replace the whole unit with a Baldwin fuel filter/water separator.
You should put heat trace on your solar panels
The way they are talking about closing Power stations for climate change a small generator for back up way to go as back up power
How much did you pay for it? Looking forward to a comparison against your more modern honda.
Oil pressure warning light will always be on until the oil pump starts pumping oil.
i work in defence and this is not mil spec. people get confused about what mil spec means. the true definition for mil spec is a device that uses mil spec parts. for electronics that means that they are rated to mroe than 90C and usually up to 120C, and they are quality controlled to be almost perfect. the entire electronics must be made of those parts- the kicker is that mil spec parts are 10-100x more expensive, and even 1000x more expensive than the commercial equivalent. mechanical mil parts are also subject to extreme quality control.
what many companies do is claim to be compliant with a section of the mil-std-810G - which is the environmental test spec and just basically says 'test under these conditions and if its still running after the test then you pass'. But it doesnt mean it passed ALL the 810G tests and doesnt mean itll keep doing that thing for any longer than the test.
so you end up with 'mil spec' devices that are just commercial crap inserted into dirty great big metal cases that resist weather and shock to pass one 810G test.
most are just no better than commercial stuff but have a bunch of rubber mounts in them and many have the electronics just soaked/drowned in silicon so you cant repair them.
Thank you for helping. I find that really interesting.
I'm a retired Army veteran my mos was 52d20 then they changed it to 91d20
I guess it would be quieter than gunfire.
Fuel consumption should be about 3/4 gallon per hour at full load. I worked on these when I was in the service. Great little units if you keep them maintained. I would like Kurt's contact information if possible. I could use a couple of his controllers.
I linked to his Ebay store in the description. You can send him a message through ebay.
If you aren't careful you'll end up with one of each capacity! :D
Haha, that could never happen... LOL
I used those old 3Ks for years. I loved mine, mounted it on a trailer and we used it out in the field all of the time.
That a huge pig for 3kw.
I know diesels are heavier than gas, but still.
Instantly noticed this is a 120v/240v Single Phase gennie. Am searching for a military spec'd Single/ 3 phase unit.
MEP-802A and MEP-803A are the two models you want to look for. I put my friends contact info in the description, he fixes these up and sells them.
When you opened the front panel at 8:47 - my eyes went straight to the little blue trimmers. Wow, PC mount trimmers exposed to the world. Those appear to be Bourns 3386 trimmers - very high quality trimmers that are 'kind of' sealed. We have found that they occasionally don't fare well when exposed to high humidity or moisture for extended periods of time. My guess - they went bad. Inexpensive at about $2 each. Bourns part number 3386P-1-xxxLF. The xxx is the resistance value which is printed on the part. For example "253" which would be a 25K ohm trimmer -- 3386P-1-253LF. The replacement board appears to have a digital-potentiometer on it (IC7) - good idea.
I miss my 4.2 k on my 577A2 I do not miss taking it out of the cage on the deck and lowering it by chain hoist to the ground. 😅 It is nice to see someone bring military gear back to life.
Seeing all those added sensors brought back some memories. You definitely bought a unit that had a lot of testing done
I hate working on these things. They’re always broken. The only time there not broken is when there’re taking a break from being broken. It tricks you into thinking it’s fixed only to break as soon as you walk away from it. It’s a self aware machine that knows if it’s always broken then you won’t give it what it desires most in the world (new parts). It lulls you into a false sense of security thinking you have fixed the issue finally only for it do what it does best and BREAKS DOWN SO IT CAN CONSUME MORE PARTS. Then the cycle repeats.
This is hilarious! I read it twice, and you had me rolling. Thanks.
That Yanmar should run a long time. Now you just need a sound proof building to put it in.
Glad to see you did what I suggested and got a gen set. I didn't know you battery charge controller would accept AC voltage and is why I included an external rectifier between the gen set and charge controller. That gen set @ 240V/16A = 3840W peak but the continuous rating is 240V/12.5A =3000W
You can expect to get close to 12 gal for every 24hr use. [Or 1/2 gal/hr]
If you look in the background of his videos, you'll catch that one here and there. I bet he's been sitting on this one awhile!
about 15 bucks a day - we can see why pv panels are taking over but nice to have a backup - liberal amounts of foam insulation plastered to this thing would help sound issues - compared to modern gernerators it is sort of a non starter (pardon the pun) #yamaha #roi #tco
Fun video. I'm a new subscriber. Yeah military equipment tends to be quirky in exact proportion to how different it is from any comparable commercial machine. The parts that are unique - like that speed controller and the whole idea of an inverter at the time - don't have the benefit of feedback from a mass market, so their reliability can be hit-or-miss even though they're made with very high end components and fab techniques. Commercial designs are often also flaky at the outset, but after a few ten-thousand units have shipped, problems that didn't manifest during design become apparent and get fixed.
One other thing you inadvertently illustrated is why pulling tanks out of storage for deployment in Ukraine has been hard and painful on both sides. Multiply this generator's issues by about five thousand.
I'm not up-to-date on the tank issues. What kinds of problems are they having?
My son is in the Army (14E MOS PATRIOT Missile crew member) and when I went to his AIT graduation I took a tour of the system a d the Army has 2 generators running the engagement control and the RADAR. The EPP consists of two 150 kW diesel engines interconnected with 400 hertz generators. The generators are mounted on a modified M977 HEMTT
All the thermocouples, extra gauges and the low hours makes me think it could be a R&D unit used for some form of verification. Maybe used for a highly accelerated life test (HALT)?
Exactly what I was thinking when I was watching that section. It may had some tortures in those 25 hours.
Nice. HEAVILY over engineered, but that's the army. I have several 3k inverter generators... 68lbs each. But there ain't a d***ed thing in there you could fix. And a 25k generac "work site" genny; we have it on a trailer to tow it behind the EV. :-) (12k to power the car, and another 12k to keep us warm, run welders, etc.)
Excellent video. I want one. That said, what are your costs on things? I really don't want to harass Chris without having a ball idea of what is involved.
These sell between $2-3k in working condition. I bought mine about 5 months ago, so I don't remember exactly what I paid. It was over a thousand. I'll have to check my emails
I do HVAC for a living. Have to deal with those type of potentiometers for economizers. They are very easy to break, have to be very gentle when adjusting. A lot of the time, they are broken upon arrival.
hi david paz what a cool dizzel canverter generater cool ass two🎉
Reminds me of my time in the Marines in the late 1970's. Are whole batalion left are Marine base and set up a small city in the woods on an Army base. I was made a Sgt. of the guard and part my job was care of the generators at night. There were around a dozen or more, like each the size of four fridges or more. If it was more then some basic stuff, then I'ld have to wake some of the engineers. Lots of dials and switches to check and know how to start and run. I fully expected some Green Baray(sp) to try to sneak in and try to sabatage them, that being a choice target, but they never did, but the generators were the biggest prob for that month in the woods other than a couple of my guards.
How much more complicated could they make a small 3000 watt generator!?
Ignore the haters and douchbags,no matter what video presentation you do there will always be those few that are just complete tools. You got yourself a great military grade generator and thats all that matters. Some people are so critical its unbelievable, they all need to chill the fck out and stop taking things so seriously and get a life. Trolls is what they are.
Thanks for your comment.
How much was it? Did you pick it up or delivery? Edit: Nevermind about the delivery I got to the end where it’s in the back of your car