Your last generator Maintenance Run

[Industrial Toys]

Congrats on having the right tool at the right time. Wish we could have an outage.:cool2:

 

[LouNY]

My generator is a military surplus MEP-803A. Rated for 10KW continuous @.8 power factor. Loads vary. I'm showing a little over 15 amp draw on it right now. Yesterday while we were drying clothes and cooking it had 52 amps on L1 and 54 on L2.

I built a resistive load bank that will load it to 13.5K and it runs it without a problem.

Nice unit, and that is an impressive fuel consumption, 43 hours and only 21 gallons.

 

[3930dave]

Nice unit, and that is an impressive fuel consumption, 43 hours and only 21 gallons.

And I thought diesels were evil ?



Yeah..... about 1/2 gal/hour - with what JD has been running, can't beat that !

Rgds, D.

 

[LouNY]

And I thought diesels were evil ?



Yeah..... about 1/2 gal/hour - with what JD has been running, can't beat that !

Rgds, D.

Not in my mind :drink:

I have a 25 KW PTO unit, depending on what tractor I put on I will average a bit more then 3/4s of a gallon per hour.
It doesn't matter much what I have for a load on it fuel consumption stays about the same.

 

[3930dave]

My monthly maintenance regimen is paying off now. Generator has been running non-stop since 3PM yesterday and will probably continue for several days if not weeks.

Fitting that it's a Mil unit.... the old saying "The more you train in peace, the less you bleed in war" comes to mind.

For the extended run you have coming up, an under-stressed 1800rpm machine like you have is the cat's PJs, for sure.

Here's hoping that everyone in your area is doing OK, and continues that way....

If you have the #'s handy at the end, please post total hours and total fuel, that would be interesting to see.

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

It doesn't matter much what I have for a load on it fuel consumption stays about the same.

:drink:

Yeah, unfortunately that characteristic of diesels seems to conveniently get left out of the public "green" conversation.

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

One thing I noticed is that the clocked hours on the meter is 1/2 the actual run time. Don't know what's up with that unless it has something to do with load on the unit.

That is odd.... a lot of the basic hour meters sense vibration. If you had a 3600rpm meter on an 1800rpm unit, that would make sense, but I don't think that's the case for you....

Replacement 3600rpm hour meters should not be expensive, but if it's tracking 1/2 time consistently, I could probably live with that...... I'd add a label, but that's mostly just me sleeping better at night.....

Rgds, D.

 

[bullbreaker]

Got hold of a Yamaha EF2400iSHC a while back . Changed oil , took covers off too peak inside looks too be well made . My first Yamaha ever . Probably add an hour meter to it . I didnt pay that for mine but these things run a little pricey new at like $1330 and then some starting price . From what I have read you cant "parellel"this model like some Honda"s etc .
No biggie to me never had any intentions too I have larger capacity gennys if more watts needed etc . Some reviews of these units say it has no fuel level indicater mine does along with fuel screen . Use mine to run power corded tools out in field . One pull starts . Also like fuel shut off feature while its running to keep fuel out of carb while sittin . Just a sharein my thoughts on this model .

 

[3930dave]

Got hold of a Yamaha EF2400iSHC a while back . Changed oil , took covers off too peak inside looks too be well made . My first Yamaha ever . Probably add an hour meter to it . I didnt pay that for mine but these things run a little pricey new at like $1330 and then some starting price . From what I have read you cant "parellel"this model like some Honda"s etc .
No biggie to me never had any intentions too I have larger capacity gennys if more watts needed etc . Some reviews of these units say it has no fuel level indicater mine does along with fuel screen . Use mine to run power corded tools out in field . One pull starts . Also like fuel shut off feature while its running to keep fuel out of carb while sittin . Just a sharein my thoughts on this model .

Nice !

IIRC, someone on TBN (maybe even a ways back in this thread) was using one of those quite a bit on his highway tractor..... all the comforts of home, quietly, on not much fuel :thumbsup:

Yamaha is well known for engine tech, you should have great service out of that unit.

Rgds, D.

 

[hr3]

There is a tread on here somewhere about gray market generator motors and I can't seem to find it any help ??? What I have is a Yanmar clone 189f motor in my generator that won't stay running. All new filter and fuel lines, I bleed it and all is fine at first then after about 3 sec. it starts stumbling and rpm drops,, like it's running out of fuel??? Any help would be appreciated …