Posted on 11/28/2015 2:05:11 PM PST by Farmer Dean
Just bought one with 340 hours on the clock.Starts and runs fine.Anyone have any experience with one of these?Anything to look out for?
When the SHTF, power’s down and the looters are out to take what they need, they’ll hear the sound of a generator like a hungry fox hears the rustle of a mouse. As a food and supplies source. So, is it nice and quiet?
Beats Solar Panels in the early days of dark times.
Not all SHTF events are society wide...That's a beginner mistake.
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From what I recollect, they're noisy as hell, but I would love to have one or two now!!!Build a shed for ‘em and use some car mufflers. That would quiet 'em down quite a bit.
Oh, dang!
I meant the 6914 ESS. The 13th was down in Augsburg...
I’m getting old.
The military rates it as tactical quiet,about 70db at 20 feet away.
Could you be thinking of the MEP-002a?Those are really loud.This unit was built by Fermont in 2006,has full sound abatement cabinet-it’s pretty quiet.
Does it have a tranafer switch? Hubs puts in whole house standby generators for a living
Go to steelsoldiers.com and check there. Whole section just on mil generators.
Does the BATFE have to approve the mufflers?
Probably!
My recollection is back in the early ‘90s, when we were closing just about every base and unit in Europe, post the Berlin Wall coming down and the Soviet Union no more.
I was an old SMSgt then, and a lot older now!
Hey,don’t feel bad.I’m getting pretty old to be doing the farming,I think we’re all starting to show the age and mileage.
Actually, you generally mount the transfer gear on the home or business. It is sized to the existing electrical service.
You can then hard wire the gen-set into the transfer switch.
They are pretty expensive but safe.
Since I have the skills, I back feed my generator through a 60amp 240VAC circuit that runs to my shed. However, you must disconnect from your power company service to do this. On mine it is as simple as turning off the main in the panel.
Just look up MEP 002A on youtube. There are lots of videos.
Install an interlock plate in your main panel box to interlock between your main breaker and the double pole breaker feeding your shed. Better yet install a separate breaker, circuit and receptacle for it to your shed.
All it takes is one time forgetting to open the breaker leading to the street and you’re done. A blown up gen set or an electrocuted lineman.
Ummmm....yeah, but you cannot put a interlock on a Main breaker and a 2pole circuit breaker,
If you did, the hardware needed would be called a transfer switch.
You can go cheap with just a mechanical setup, or you can install contactors with electrical interlocks and you would have a automated system that switches to generator if the power stays off for say 5 minutes or reverses the system if the power comes back on.
As I said, I have the skills necessary, so the linemen are quite safe.
“Ummmm....yeah, but you cannot put a interlock on a Main breaker and a 2pole circuit breaker,”
Ummm, yes you can. It depends on the panel box but sliding plates are made to do just that for a variety of panel boxes. When one is on the other is off. No transfer switch needed. That is why I stated you would be better off with a separate breaker and dedicated circuit for a gen set.
Half-assing through a dryer receptacle and such is just asking for a catastrophic problem down the road. Hell, I used to do it myself until smartened up and installed a separate panel with the circuits I wanted to run off a gen set. It has two interlocked breakers at the top of the panel. Flip one on and the other flips off. One way is street power and the other is off the gen set.
This eliminates any mistakes wanting to get power going on a dark stormy night with flashlight in hand.
JMHO. To each his own and all the consequences that go with it.
There are very few panels that can be retrofitted...Most panels that can were bult for the retrofit, and this retrofit is generally a 30Amp for a specific gen set.
Here is what I use for a customer...
I can install this, for about 3k....
Since I have a masters license, I am told by the regulators that I must know what I am doing.
When I install a switched system for a customer, I use all of the idiot proofing that I can install.
For myself....I don’t need it.
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