A 3 Kw gen-set doesn't have a four cylinder engine. The 5 Kw MEP-017A
has a two cyl engine and the 10 Kw MEP-018A has a four cyl engine.
Hard to believe that one would need four cylinders for 3 Kw. Better
check again, I think it maybe a 12 Kw if it has a Continental engine.
Joe F.
---David Ross wrote:
>
> Robert -
>
> At 03:11 PM 03/04/99 -0500, Robert Bell wrote:
> >I'm going to look at an ex-military generator (3KW) with a four
cylinder
> >Continental engine that produces both single phase and triple phase
> >current (according to the owner). The current owner says that it
needs
> >some repair in that it is not producing 60 cycles (at least that's
what
> >the gauge indicates) and that he hasn't been able to get it set
> >properly. My questions are: 1) Is setting and maintaining 60
cycles a
> >costly procedure? and, 2) what's a fair price for a unit like I've
> >described?
>
> The generator which you describe sounds like the MEP-016A "MIL-STD"
> genset. It's engine has a mechanical governor which can be adjusted
to set
> the 60 cycle frequency - the adjustment is trivial and the MEP-016A
> generator has a frequency meter built-in.
>
> Be sure that the generator is intended to produce 60 cycle power -
a
> very similar-looking generator (the MEP-021A) exists which produces
400
> cycles.
>
> The data plate should be on the right-hand side of the control &
meter
> enclosure.
>
>
> good luck with it
> Dave Ross ross@hypertools.com
>
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